Timing and habitat preferences for settlement of juvenile fishes in the Marine Protected Area of Torre Guaceto (south-eastern Italy, Adriatic Sea)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-254

  Bussotti, Simona ^a   Guidetti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal habitats; Fish nurseries; Marine reserves; Mediterranean Sea; Visual census

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FAUNA; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

BRINDISI; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; TORRE GUACETO MARINE RESERVE;

CANTHARUS; CHROMIS CHROMIS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; LABRIDAE; MULLUS SURMULETUS; OBLADA MELANURA; PISCES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARPA SALPA;

EID: 79958143898     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250001003774652     Document Type: Article

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