Identification of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) nursery areas in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1367-1374

  Dufour, V ^a,b,c   Cantou, M ^c   Lecomte, F ^b,c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Station Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement Littoral

Author keywords

Identification; North western Mediterranean Sea; Sea bass nursery areas

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; SEASONALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SWIMMING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 74149085856     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000368     Document Type: Article

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