Spatiotemporal distribution and habitat use of commercial demersal species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-457

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Maravelias, Christos D ^a   Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Karageorgis, Aristomenis P ^a   Tsitsika, Efthymia V ^a   Anagnostou, Christos ^a   Papaconstantinou, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Generalized additive models; Salinity; Sediment; Substrate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; DEPTH; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

MUGILIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; TRIGLIDAE;

EID: 70349935005     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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