Fish fauna associated with floating objects sampled by experimental and commercial purse nets

Scientia Marina

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 219-227

  Massutí, Enric ^a   Morales Nin, B ^b   Deudero, Salud ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; FADs; Fishes; Purse seine; Sampling; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PURSE SEINING; SAMPLING;

(WEST); BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; NAUCRATES DUCTOR; SERIOLA DUMERILI; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS;

EID: 0033504542     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.1999.63n3-4229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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