Demersal fish assemblages in the Galician continental shelf and upper slope (NW Spain): Spatial structure and long-term changes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-454

  Farina A C ^a   Freire, J ^b   Gonzalez Gurriaran E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

assemblage structure; continental shelf; demersal fishes; Galicia; long term changes; NW Spain; upper slope

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC, GALICIAN MARGIN;

ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; CAPROS ATER; GADICULUS ARGENTEUS; LEPIDORHOMBUS BOSCII; LOPHIUS BUDEGASSA; LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROCHIRUS VARIEGATUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA; TRISOPTERUS LUSCUS;

EID: 0031107071     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0148     Document Type: Article

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