Bathymetric trends in distribution and size of demersal fish species in the north Aegean Sea

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 673-686

  Labropoulou, Mary ^a   Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Centre of gravity; Demersal fish; Habitat width; Northeastern Mediterranean; Size depth trends; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 46249118112     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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