Multi-scale spatial variability in fish assemblages associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 579-592

  Moranta, Joan ^a   Palmer, Miquel ^b   Morey, Gabriel ^b,c   Ruiz, Ana ^b   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Direccio General de Pesca   (Spain)

Author keywords

community composition; fish; littoral zone; Posidonia oceanica; seagrass meadow; spatial variations; western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FISH; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALICANTE [ALICANTE (PRV)]; ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; BALEARIC ISLANDS; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FORMENTERA; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN BASIN;

PISCES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33745141927     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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