Protection effects on fish assemblages, and comparison of two visual-census techniques in shallow artificial rocky habitats in the northern Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Guidetti, Paolo ^a   Verginella, Laura ^b   Viva, Celeste ^a   Odorico, Roberto ^b   Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Marine Reserve of Miramare WWF   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHERY REGULATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PROTECTED AREA;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; PUNTAZZO; SARGUS; SCIAENA UMBRA; SERRANIDAE; SPARUS AURATA; UMBRA;

EID: 18244369265     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011124h     Document Type: Article

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