Relationships between Octopus vulgaris landings and environmental factors in the northern Alboran Sea (Southwestern Mediterranean)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Vargas Yanez M ^a   Moya, F ^a   Garcia Martinez M ^a   Rey, J ^a   Gonzalez M ^a   Zunino, P ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Environmental factors; Octopus vulgaris; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 67650753520     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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