Abundance of Octopus vulgaris on soft sediment

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 553-560

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Verriopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Fishing gear efficiency; Octopus vulgaris; Population density; Thermocline; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FISHING GEAR; POPULATION DENSITY; SCUBA DIVING; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; THERMOCLINE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPODIDAE; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 13244275312     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4553     Document Type: Article

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