Fish assemblages in shallow marine caves of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Apulia, SE Italy)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 11-20

  Bussotti, Simona ^a   Denitto, Francesco ^a   Guidetti, Paolo ^a   Belmonte, Genuario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish fauna; Marine caves; Mediterranean sea; Salento Peninsula; Visual census

Indexed keywords

APOGON IMBERBIS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS; PISCES;

EID: 0043172045     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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