Spatial pattern of coastal fish assemblages in different habitats in North-western Mediterranean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-114

  La Mesa, Gabriele ^a   Molinari, Andrea ^a   Gambaccini, Silvia ^b   Tunesi, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Habitat association; Hierarchical analysis; Mediterranean Sea; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ELBA; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

ALGAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79551496353     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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