Human harvesting of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819, on the central coast of Portugal

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 545-551

  Rius, Marc ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal areas; Harvesting; Human pressure; Mussel; Mytilus; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BIVALVE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CABO RASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CIRRIPEDIA; MILETINAE; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; POLLICIPES; POLLICIPES POLLICIPES; SCALPELLIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 13244272314     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4545     Document Type: Article

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