Demersal fish assemblage biodiversity as an index of fishery resources exploitation

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue , 1998, Pages 511-516

  Ungaro, Nicola ^a   Marano, Giovanni ^a   Marsan, Roberta ^a   Osmani, Kastriot ^b  

^a Laboratorio di Biologia Marina   (Italy)

^b Instituti Kerkimeve Peshkimit   (Albania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fish assemblage; Fishery; Southern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; DEMERSAL FISHERY; EXPLOITATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032453127     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386876     Document Type: Article

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