Size-related habitat use, aggregation patterns and abundance of anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in the Mediterranean Sea determined by generalized additive modelling

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1171-1178

  Maravelias, Christos ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LOPHIUS AMERICANUS; LOPHIUS BUDEGASSA;

EID: 0242339397     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008440h     Document Type: Article

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