Environmental and benthic habitat factors structuring the spatial distribution of a summer infralittoral fish assemblage in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 193-204

  Letourneur, Y ^a   Ruitton, S ^a   Sartoretto, S ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DEPTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTHWEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CORIS JULIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LABRIDAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARGUS; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0037327016     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403006970h     Document Type: Article

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