Gradients of abundance of sea breams across the boundaries of a Mediterranean marine protected area

Fisheries Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-30

  La Mesa, Gabriele ^a   Molinari, Andrea ^a   Bava, Simone ^b   Finoia, Maria Grazia ^a   Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^c   Tunesi, Leonardo ^a  

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

^b Area Marina Protetta Isola di Bergeggi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance gradients; Fish spillover; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean sea; Sea breams

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS;

EID: 80051674083     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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