Assessing the degree of maerl habitat fragmentation affecting fish species richness and abundance

• Main Author: Valliant, Michelle, 1991-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Kalkþörungar; Tegundafjölbreytni; Búsvæði; University centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Maerl beds; Habitat; Gerðar; Gemini; Haf; Ísafjörður; Ísafjarðardjúp; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/37211

Verkefnið er lokað til 1.6.2022. Maerl beds are a type of habitat that consists of calcified red algae (Corallinales sp.). It is claimed by past studies that maerl beds are essential for juvenile gadoid fish nursery grounds (like the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), a critical exploited demersal fish sp...