Testing the suitability of a morphological monitoring approach for identifying temporal variability in a temperate sponge assemblage

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-182

  Berman, Jade ^a   Burton, Mark ^b   Gibbs, Robert ^b   Lock, Kate ^b   Newman, Philip ^b   Jones, Jen ^b   Bell, James ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Fisherman's Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Morphology; Skomer; Sponge; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPONGE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PEMBROKESHIRE; SKOMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84875963164     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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