Temporal and spatial variability of settlement success and recruitment level in three blennoid fishes in the northwestern Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 269-282

  Macpherson, E ^a   Zika, U ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fish; Habitat selection; Mediterranean; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTH WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AIDABLENNIUS SPHYNX; PARABLENNIUS INCOGNITUS; TRIPTERYGION TRIPTERONOTUS;

EID: 0033546306     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182269     Document Type: Article

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