The multi-component structuration of the species diversity of groundfish assemblages of the east coast of Corsica (Mediterranean Sea): Variation according to the bathymetric strata

Fisheries Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 120-132

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

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c CEPRALMAR   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Corsica; Demersal fish; Diversity indices; Mediterranean Sea; Taxonomic relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948938964     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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