Connections between hydrodynamics, benthic landscape and associated fauna in the Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1835-1844

  Ordines, Francesc ^a   Jordà, Gabriel ^b   Quetglas, Antoni ^a   Flexas, Mar ^b   Moranta, Joan ^a   Massutí, Enric ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associated species; Benthic landscape; Essential fish habitats; Habitat selection; Hydrodynamics; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

EID: 80054007571     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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