Changes in demersal wild fish aggregations beneath a sea-cage fish farm after the cessation of farming

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 682-697

  Tuya, F ^a,b   Sanchez Jerez, P ^c   Dempster, T ^d   Boyra, A ^b   Haroun, R J ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Canary Islands; Fish farm; Impact; Recovery; Wild fishes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AQUACULTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; FISH CULTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MUGILIDAE; PAGELLUS; PISCES; SPARIDAE;

EID: 33745588207     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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