Environmental effects on blue shark (Prionace glauca) and oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) distribution based on fishery-dependent data from the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 467-480

  Damalas, Dimitrios ^a   Megalofonou, Persefoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue shark; By catch; Cross validation; Environmental factors; GAM; Longline; Lunar cycle; Mediterranean; Oilfish; Prionace glauca; Ruvettus pretiosus; Thermal front

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATTRACTANT; BYCATCH; CATCHABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT SELECTION; LUNAR CYCLE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHARK; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77953605984     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409991214     Document Type: Article

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