Spatio-temporal variability in abundance of the parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense, in SE Apulia (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-232

  Guidetti, Paolo ^a   Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Mediterranean Sea; Rocky substrates; Sparisoma cretense; Spatio temporal variability; Visual census

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEPTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 0036754501     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356464     Document Type: Article

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