Benthic Communities, Ecosystems and Fisheries

Advances in Fisheries Science: 50 years on from Beverton and Holt

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 358-398

  Rees, Hubert L ^a   Ellis, Jim R ^a   Hiscock, Keith ^b   Boyd, Sîan E ^a   Schratzberger, Michaela ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic communities, ecosystems and fisheries; Benthic organism categories; Biogenic habitats for spawning; Epifauna; Fish benthos interactions; Macrofauna and meiofauna; Macroscale distribution in benthic communities; Role of benthic communities; Threatened benthic habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889499285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302653.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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