Effect of fishing on community structure of demersal fish assemblages

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Labropoulou, Mary ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

ABC method; Community structure; Diversity; Fishing effects; North Eastern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF; THRACIAN SEA;

CARNIVORA; THRACIA;

EID: 31944451432     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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