Differences in escape response of fish in protected and fished Mediterranean rocky reefs

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 625-627

  Guidetti, P ^a   Vierucci, E ^a   Bussotti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean Sea; Temperate rocky reefs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIVING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISHING; MARINE PARK; OPEN WATER; PERCID; REEF; SWIMMING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS;

EID: 43649087119     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000933     Document Type: Article

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