Geographic and bathymetric trends in abundance, biomass and body size of four grenadier fishes along the Iberian coast in the western Mediterranean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-83

  Moranta, Joan ^a   Massutí, Enric ^a   Palmer, Miquel ^b   Gordon, John D M ^c  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance body mass relationship; Deep sea fisheries; Latitudinal variations; Macrourid fishes; Vertical distribution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABUNDANCE BODY MASS RELATIONSHIP; DEEP SEA FISHERIES; LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MACROURID FISHES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOMASS; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; DATA SET; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CAELORINCHUS CAELORHINCUS; HYMENOCEPHALUS ITALICUS; MACROURIDAE; NEZUMIA AEQUALIS; PISCES;

EID: 33751197458     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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