Larval fish assemblages in coastal waters of central Greece: Reflections of topographic and oceanographic heterogeneity;Agrupaciones de larvas de peces en aguas costeras de la zona central de Grecia: Reflejo de la heterogeneidad en la topografía y la oceanografía

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-618

  Somarakis, Stylianos ^a   Isari, Stamatina ^a   Machias, Athanassios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Assemblages; Eastern mediterranean; Fish larvae; Ionian sea; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; FISH; HETEROGENEITY; LARVA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYCLOTHONE; VINCIGUERRIA;

EID: 79960763642     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3605     Document Type: Article

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