Deep-water fish assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 87-99

  D'Onghia, Gianfranco ^a   Politou, Chrissi Yianna ^b   Bozzano, Anna ^c   LLoris, Domingo ^c   Rotllant, Guiomar ^c   Sion, Letizia ^a   Mastrototaro, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Distribution; Fish assemblages; Fishes; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS; BATHYPTEROIS MEDITERRANEUS; CATAETYX LATICEPS; CENTROSCYMNUS COELOLEPIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENOIDES GUENTHERI; CORYPHAENOIDES MEDITERRANEUS; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORA MORO; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 15044351884     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s387     Document Type: Article

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