Spatio-temporal variations in deep-sea demersal communities off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 346-366

  Moranta, Joan ^a   Quetglas, Antoni ^a   Massutí, Enric ^a   Guijarro, Beatriz ^a   Hidalgo, Manuel ^b   Diaz, Paz ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass spectra; Deep sea; Demersal species; Fishing impact; Megafaunal communities; Spatial distribution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DEMERSAL SPECIES; MEGAFAUNAL COMMUNITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM TRAWLING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DOMINANCE; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELASMOBRANCHII; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 42249091200     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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