Evidence of Morocco dentex (Dentex maroccanus) distribution in the NE Mediterranean and relationships with environmental factors determined by Generalized Additive Modelling

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-302

  Maravelias, Christos D ^a   Tsitsika, Efthymia V ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Demersal; Depth; Generalized Additive Model; Habitat; Oceanography; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODELING; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; WATER DEPTH;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DENTEX; DENTEX MAROCCANUS;

EID: 34247377762     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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