Biodiversity of deep-sea demersal megafauna in western and central Mediterranean basins;Patrones de biodiversidad de la megafauna demersal del mar profundo en las cuencas occidental y central del Mediterráneo

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-350

  Tecchio, Samuele ^a   Ramírez Llodra, Eva ^a   Sardà, Francisco ^a   Company, Joan Baptista ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Diversity; Eastern Ionian; Megafauna; Western Ionian; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABYSSAL ZONE; BIODIVERSITY; DEEP SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

BALEARIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS; BATHYPTEROIS MEDITERRANEUS; CARNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 79959231224     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.201175n2341     Document Type: Article

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