Community structure and diversity of demersal fish assemblages: The role of fishery;Estructura y diversidad de las asociaciones de peces demersales: El papel de la pesquería

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL 1, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Labropoulou, Mary ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community structure; Demersal fish; Diversity; Dominance; Fishing effects; North Eastern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; DOMINANCE; FISHING MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THRACIAN SEA;

CARNIVORA; THRACIA;

EID: 3242722009     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1215     Document Type: Article

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