A multi-component analysis of species diversity of groundfish assemblages on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Lions (north-western Mediterranean Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-136

  Mérigot, Bastien ^a   Bertrand, Jacques A ^b   Mazouni, Nabila ^c   Manté, Claude ^a   Durbec, Jean Pierre ^a   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CEPRALMAR   (France)

Author keywords

diversity indices; groundfish assemblages; Mediterranean Sea; taxonomic relatedness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVERSITY INDEX; GADOID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NATURE RESERVE; PRIORITIZATION; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34247560181     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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