Cryptobenthic fishes of the "Ciclopi Islands" marine reserve (central Mediterranean Sea): Assemblage composition, structure and relations with habitat features

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-242

  La Mesa, G ^a   Micalizzi, M ^b   Giaccone, G ^c   Vacchi, M ^a  

^a Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM)   (Italy)

^b Università di Catania ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MICROHABITAT; PROTECTED AREA;

CATANIA [SICILY]; CICLOPI ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BLENNIIDAE; GOBIESOCIDAE; GOBIIDAE; LIPOPHRYS; LIPOPHRYS TRIGLOIDES; PISCES; SCORPAENA; SCORPAENA MADERENSI; SCORPAENA MADERENSIS; SCORPAENIDAE; TRIPTERYGIIDAE; TRIPTERYGION; TRIPTERYGION DELAISI; TRIPTERYGION MELANURUS; TRYPTERIGION DELAISI;

EID: 4344705458     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1315-9     Document Type: Article

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