Vertical variability of wild fish assemblages around sea-cage fish farms: Implications for management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 304, Issue , 2005, Pages 15-29

  Dempster, Tim ^a   Fernandez Jover, Damian ^b   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^b   Tuya, Fernando ^c   Bayle Sempere, Just ^b   Boyra, Arturo ^c   Haroun, Ricardo J ^c  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Assemblage; Eastern Atlantic; Fish farm; Impact; Management; Mediterranean sea; Wild fish

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CAGE CULTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NUTRIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CARANGIDAE; HARNESS; MUGILIDAE; NEPSERA AQUATICA; SPARIDAE;

EID: 30744451445     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps304015     Document Type: Article

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