Motile fauna of sub-tidal Zostera marina meadows in England and Wales

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-654

  Peters, J R ^a   McCloskey, R M ^a   Hinder, S L ^a   Unsworth, R K F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baited; Baseline; Ecology; Eelgrass; Fish; Seagrass; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAIT; BASELINE SURVEY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FACILITATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; MEADOW; MOTILITY; PERCIFORM; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; STEREO IMAGE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ENGLAND; GWYNEDD; ISLE OF WIGHT; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTHDINLLAEN; TREMADOG BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

GADIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84948752811     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-014-0264-x     Document Type: Article

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