Community convergence and recruitment of keystone species as performance indicators of artificial reefs

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-74

  Fariñas Franco, Jose M ^a   Allcock, Louise ^b   Smyth, David ^a   Roberts, Dai ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Biogenic reef; Community composition; Habitat restoration; Modiolus modiolus; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARRAY; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT RESTORATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAFLOOR; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; TRANSLOCATION;

NORTHERN IRELAND; STRANGFORD LOUGH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUIDAE; MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; PECTEN MAXIMUS;

EID: 84875251070     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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