Coastal fish indicate human-induced changes in the Mediterranean littoral

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-94

  Guidetti, P ^a   Fanelli, G ^b   Fraschetti, S ^a   Terlizzi, A ^a   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apulian coast, Mediterranean Sea; Beyond BACI designs; Date mussel fisheries impact; Fish; Multivariate analyses; Sewage impact; Visual census

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; GENES; OCEAN HABITATS; ROCKS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

COASTAL FISH;

FISHERIES;

SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLODUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; SPECIES; SYMPHODUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036028013     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(01)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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