Biodiversity of the upper slope demersal community in the Eastern Mediterranean: Preliminary comparison between two areas with and without trawl fishing

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 263-273

  D'Onghia, G ^a   Mastrototaro, F ^a   Matarrese, A ^a   Politou, C Y ^b   Mytilineou, Ch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Demersal community; Environment; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ANTENNATUS; ARISTAEOMORPHA FOLIACEA; ARISTEIDAE; ARISTEUS; ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 1542380767     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v31.a20     Document Type: Article

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