Trophic signatures of small-scale fishing gears: Implications for conservation and management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-128

  Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^a,b   Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K ^a,c   Casal, Hernando J A ^d   Erzini, Karim ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gill nets; Indicators; Longlines; Mediterranean Sea; Northeast Atlantic Ocean; Trammel nets; Trophic level; Trophic signatures

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; GILLNET; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34247106699     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333117     Document Type: Article

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