Coastal fish diversity in three marine protected areas and one unprotected area in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Lipej, Lovrenc ^a   Bonaca, Martina Orlando ^a   Šisško, Milijan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Cryptobenthic species; Fish assemblage; Marine protected areas; Non destructive method; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SYMPHODUS; SYMPHODUS CINEREUS; SYMPHODUS ROISSALI;

EID: 0742319889     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2003.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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