Population dynamics and post-settlement mortality of the ornate wrasse, thalassoma pavo, in the tyrrhenian sea (western Mediterranean)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-78

  Guidetti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Population dynamics; Post settlement mortality; Thalassoma pavo; Tyrrhenian Sea; Visual census; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035036061     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356386     Document Type: Article

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