Long-term trends in the structure of eastern Adriatic littoral fish assemblages: Consequences for fisheries management

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Staglicic N ^a   Matic Skoko S ^a   Pallaoro, A ^a   Grgicevic R ^a   Kraljevic M ^a   Tutman, P ^a   Dragicevic B ^a   Dulcic J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Fisheries management; Littoral fish assemblages; Long term; Spatio temporal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; ITALY;

MULLUS SURMULETUS; PAGELLUS ERYTHRINUS; SCORPAENA PORCUS; SYMPHODUS TINCA;

EID: 80051793189     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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