Distribution and population structure of the Chlorophthalmus agassizi (Bonaparte, 1840) on an unexploited fishing ground in the Greek Ionian Sea

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 521-529

  Anastasopoulou, A ^a   Yiannopoulos, C ^b   Megalofonou, P ^b   Papaconstantinou, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHLOROPHTHALMUS AGASSIZI;

EID: 33750977309     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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