Direct interaction between wild fish aggregations at fish farms and fisheries activity at fishing grounds: A case study with Boops boops

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 996-1010

  Arechavala Lopez, Pablo ^a   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^a   Bayle Sempere, Just ^a   Fernandez Jover, Damián ^a   Martinez Rubio, Laura ^b   Lopez Jimenez, José Angel ^b   Martinez Lopez, Francisco Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Artisanal fisheries; Body condition; Boops boops; Fatty acids; Gut contents; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BIOMASS; BODY CONDITION; DIETARY OVERLAP; FATTY ACID; FISHING EFFORT; MARICULTURE; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAWL NET; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

BOOPS BOOPS;

EID: 79958738173     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02683.x     Document Type: Article

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