Epibenthic assemblages in the Celtic Sea and associated with the Jones Bank

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-88

  Ellis, J R ^a   Martinez, I ^b   Burt, G J ^a   Scott, B E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS RUBENS; BAITED CAMERA; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DOMINANT SPECIES; HERMIT CRABS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; SEA SPIDERS;

FISHERIES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

SHELLFISH;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; ISOPOD; SAMPLING; SHELF BREAK; SURVEY; SWIMMING; TRAWLING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

ACTINAUGE RICHARDI; ALPHEUS GLABER; ANAPAGURUS; ANEMONE; ANSEROPODA PLACENTA; ANTHOZOA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ASTROPECTEN IRREGULARIS; CALLIONYMUS MACULATUS; CARYOPHYLLIA SMITHII; CRANGON; CRANGON ALLMANNI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; ISOPODA; MACROPIPUS TUBERCULATUS; NUCULA SULCATA; OPHIURA OPHIURA; PAGURUS PRIDEAUXI; PARAPHELLIA EXPANSA; POLYBIUS HOLSATUS; PORANIA PULVILLUS; PORTUNIDAE; PROCESSA; PYCNOGONIDA; PYCNOGONUM LITTORALE; STICHASTRELLA ROSEA;

EID: 84885383043     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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