Changes in wild fish assemblages after the establishment of a fish farming zone in an oligotrophic marine ecosystem

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 771-779

  Machias, A ^a   Karakassis, I ^a,b   Labropoulou, M ^a   Somarakis, S ^a,c   Papadopoulou, K N ^a   Papaconstantinou, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

aquaculture; diversity; environmental impact; fisheries; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE; FISH; FISHERY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 3242674316     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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