Evaluating day-night changes in shallow mediterranean rocky reef fish assemblages by visual census

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2245-2253

  Azzurro, Ernesto ^a   Pais, Antonio ^b   Consoli, Pierpaolo ^a   Andaloro, Franco ^c  

^a Laboratory of Milazzo ICRAM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOGON IMBERBIS; ATHERINA; BOOPS BOOPS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 34547527754     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0661-9     Document Type: Article

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