Trophic level of fishes caught by trawls in Thracian Sea

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 687-694

  Lamprakis, Manolis K ^a,b,c   Kallianiotis, Argyris A ^b   Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Depth; Discards; Fish; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; SAMPLING; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THRACIAN SEA;

PISCES; THRACIA;

EID: 46249112765     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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