Temporal trends of littoral fishes at deep Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in a temperate coastal zone

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 182-195

  Deudero, Salud ^a   Morey, Gabriel ^b   Frau, Antoni ^a   Moranta, Joan ^b   Moreno, Isabel ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Biología Marina   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearics; Community structure; Fish seasonality; Posidonia oceanica; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BALEARICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH SEASONALITY; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; PARABLENNIUS TENTACULARIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

FISH;

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; GOBIUS SP.; LABRIDAE; MULLUS SURMULETUS; PARABLENNIUS TENTACULARIS; PISCES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARPA SALPA; SCIAENA UMBRA; SCORPAENA PORCUS; SERRANUS CABRILLA; SERRANUS SCRIBA; SPARIDAE; SYMPHODUS; SYMPHODUS OCELLATUS; SYMPHODUS ROSTRATUS; SYMPHODUS TINCA; SYNODUS SAURUS;

EID: 37449003392     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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