Interactions between bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (L.) and coastal sea-cage farms in the Mediterranean Sea

Aquaculture

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Sanchez Jerez, P ^a   Fernandez Jover, D ^a   Bayle Sempere, J ^a   Valle, C ^a   Dempster, T ^b   Tuya, F ^c   Juanes, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Escape; Fish farm; Impact; Pomatomus saltatrix; Predator; Seabass; Seabream

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAGE CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISHERY PRODUCTION; MARINE MAMMAL; PERCID; PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TURKEY;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MAMMALIA; NEPSERA AQUATICA; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; SARDINELLA AURITA; SPARUS AURATA; TRACHURUS MEDITERRANEUS;

EID: 50649114867     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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