Factors affecting habitat occupancy of fish assemblage in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-53

  Bonaca, Martina Orlando ^a   Lipej, Lovrenc ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Fish assemblage; Gulf of Trieste; Habiat occupancy; Shallow waters; Visual census

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ORDINATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21344467472     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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