Protecting the hand that feeds us: Seagrass (Zostera marina) serves as commercial juvenile fish habitat

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-429

  Bertelli, Chiara M ^a   Unsworth, Richard K F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fish; Fisheries; Food security; Nursery habitat; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; FOOD SUPPLY;

FOOD SECURITY; GREAT BRITAIN; JUVENILE FISH; JUVENILE FISH HABITATS; NURSERY HABITAT; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEAGRASSES; ZOSTERA MARINA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FISH; FOOD SECURITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ARTICLE; ATHERINA PRESBYTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FOOD SECURITY; HABITAT; HERRING; NONHUMAN; POLLACHIUS POLLACHIUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; SEAGRASS; SPECIES HABITAT; ZOSTERA MARINA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOSTERACEAE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEIDAE; PLEURONECTES; POLLACHIUS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; GREAT BRITAIN; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84902080878     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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