Molluscan diversity caught by trawling fisheries: A case study in southern Portugal

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-45

  Malaquias, Manuel A E ^a   Bentes, L ^b   Erzini, K ^b   Borges, T C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

By catch; Conservation; Diversity; Fisheries; Molluscs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MOLLUSC; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAWLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANADARA; BIVALVIA; CALLIOSTOMA GRANULATUM; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VENUS;

EID: 33645937956     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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