Changes in Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages exposed to sewage pollution

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 269-278

  Guidetti, P ^a   Terlizzi, A ^a   Fraschetti, S ^a   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical sampling design; Fish assemblages; Mediterranean Sea; Sewage impact; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POLLUTION EFFECT; REEF; SEWAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISCES;

EID: 0038715915     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253269     Document Type: Article

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