Effects of seagrass canopy removal on fish in shallow Mediterranean seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii) meadows: A local-scale approach

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-453

  Guidetti, Paolo ^a   Bussotti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; ATHERINIDAE; CORIS JULIS; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; GOBIIDAE; HALOPHILA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LABRUS VIRIDIS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; PISCES; SALPA; SARGUS; SARPA SALPA; SPARUS AURATA; SYMPHODUS CINEREUS; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS; SYMPHODUS TINCA; TINCA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0036938062     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0725-1     Document Type: Article

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