Environmental influences on the spatial distribution of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in the Mediterranean

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 678-685

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

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Demersal; Depth; GAM; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GADOID; HABITAT USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 34347240381     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0309-0     Document Type: Article

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