Fish community structure and depth-related trends on the continental slope of the Balearic Islands (Algerian basin, western Mediterranean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 1998, Pages 247-259

  Moranta, Joan ^a   Stefanescu, Constantí ^b   Massutí, Enric ^c   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Lloris, Domingo ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Can Liro   (Spain)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathymetric distribution; Deep sea; Demersal ichthyofauna; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPTH; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032192109     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps171247     Document Type: Article

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