Fish assemblages of Posidonia oceanica beds at port-cros (France, NW Mediterranean): Assessment of composition and long-term fluctuations by visual census

Marine Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-173

  Francour, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Fish; Monitoring; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH COMMUNITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRANCE, PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR, VAR, PORT CROS;

DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIACEAE; SARPA SALPA; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS; SYMPHODUS TINCA;

EID: 0030728858     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00434.x     Document Type: Article

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