Differences among fish assemblages associated with a nearshore vermetid reef and two other rocky habitats along the shores of Cape Milazzo (northern Sicily, central Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-410

  Consoli, P ^a   Romeo, T ^a   Giongrandi, U ^b   Andaloro, F ^a  

^a ICRAM   (Italy)

^b Oil and Gas Services' Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cape Milazzo; Fish assemblages; Pendropoma petracum; Vermetid reef; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REEF; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAPE MILAZZO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; OBLADA MELANURA; SARPA SALPA; SERRANUS SCRIBA; SYMPHODUS ROISSALI; SYMPHODUS TINCA; THALASSOMA PAVO; TRIPTERYGION TRIPTERONOTUS; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 41149100997     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000489     Document Type: Article

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