The impact of commercial and recreational harvesting for Paracentrotus lividus on shallow rocky reef sea urchin communities in North-western Sardinia, Italy

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 589-597

  Pais, Antonio ^a   Chessa, Lorenzo A ^a   Serra, Simone ^a   Ruiu, Alberto ^a   Meloni, Gianni ^a   Donno, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbacia lixula; fishery; Mediterranean Sea; Paracentrotus lividus; Sardinia; sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECHINODERM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; REEF; RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 34249089881     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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