Identifying fish nurseries using density and persistence measures

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 287-296

  Colloca, Francesco ^a   Bartolino, Valerio ^a   Lasinio, Giovanna Jona ^a   Sartor, Paolo ^b   Ardizzone, Giandomenico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Interuniversitary Centre of Marine Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian kriging; Geostatistical aggregation curves; Mediterranean Sea; Merluccius merluccius; Nurseries; Persistence measure

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; GEOSTATISTICS; JUVENILE; KRIGING; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NURSERY GROUND; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 65749117790     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07942     Document Type: Article

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