Do Mediterranean fish assemblages associated with marine caves and rocky cliffs differ?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  Bussotti, S ^a   Guidetti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

fishes assemblages; marine caves; Mediterranean Sea; rocky reefs; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; CLIFF; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PUGLIA; SALENTO PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APOGON IMBERBIS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CORCYROGOBIUS; CORIS JULIS; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; GRAMMONUS ATER; MULLUS SURMULETUS; OBLADA MELANURA; PISCES; SARPA SALPA; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS; SYMPHODUS MEDITERRANEUS; THALASSOMA PAVO; THOROGOBIUS EPHIPPIATUS;

EID: 57649195437     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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