Partitioning of space and food resources by three fish of the genus Diplodus (Sparidae) in a Mediterranean rocky infralittoral ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 273-283

  Sala, Enric ^a,c   Ballesteros, Enric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplodus; Infralittoral habitats; Littoral fish; Mediterranean; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FISH COMMUNITIES; HABITAT PARTITIONING; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SHARPSNOUT SEABREAM; TWO-BANDED SEABREAM; WHITE SEABREAM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS FASCIATUS; DIPLODUS PRAYENSIS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PUNTAZZO; SARGUS; SPARIDAE;

EID: 0030877924     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152273     Document Type: Article

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