Changes in Fish Assemblages Associated with the Deployment of an Antitrawling Reef in Seagrass Meadows

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1150-1159

  Sánchez Jerez, Pablo ^a   Ramos Esplá, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 0034458512     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<1150:CIFAAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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