Temporal and spatial variability of pelagic wild fish assemblages around Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus farms in the eastern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-97

  Segvic Bubic T ^a   Grubisic L ^a   Ticina V ^a   Katavic I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aquaculture; Fish aggregation devices (FADs); Seasonal variability; Visual census; Wild fishes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEASON; TUNA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEASONS; TUNA;

BELONE BELONE; BELONIDAE; BOOPS BOOPS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; OBLADA MELANURA; PISCES; SPARIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 78651451414     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02837.x     Document Type: Article

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