Stock assessment of the dominant ascidians: Microcosmus savignyi, Styela plicata and Phallusia mammillata, in Thessaloniki Bay (Thermaikos Gulf)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 9 A, 2007, Pages 1012-1019

  Panagiotou, Magdalini ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Krestenitis, Yannis ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Ascidiacea; Organic enrichment; Population structure; Stock assessment; Thermaikos Gulf

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AEGEAN SEA; GULF OF THESSALONIKI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

ASCIDIACEA; MICROCOSMUS; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA; STYELA PLICATA; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 34848820656     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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