Differences in demersal community structure and biomass size spectra within and outside the Maltese Fishery Management Zone (FMZ)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 669-682

  Dimech, Mark ^a,b,d   Camilleri, Matthew ^b   Hiddink, Jan G ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Ragonese, Sergio ^c   Schembri, Patrick J ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Malta Centre for Fisheries Science MCFS   (Malta)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Biomass size spectrum; Demersal assemblages; Maltese fishery; Marine Protected Areas; Mediterranean Sea; Sicilian Channel; Trawl surveys

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 58149474156     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2008.72n4669     Document Type: Article

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