Distribution patterns of coastal fish assemblages associated with different rocky substrates in asinara island national park (sardinia, italy)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Pais, Antonio ^a   Azzurro, Ernesto ^b   Chessa, Lorenzo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine protected areas; Mediterranean Sea; Reef fish; Sardinia; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE;

ASINARA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CHROMIS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CORIS (PERCIFORM); CORIS JULIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; LABRIDAE; SARGUS; SEBASTES OCULATUS; SERRANIDAE; SERRANUS; SERRANUS CABRILLA; SPARIDAE; SPICARA; SPICARA MAENA;

EID: 11044222602     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356588     Document Type: Article

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