Elasmobranch spatial segregation in the western mediterranean;Segregación espacial de elasmobranquios en el mediterráneo occidental

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-664

  Gouraguine, Adam ^a,b   Hidalgo, Manuel ^c   Moranta, Joan ^a   Bailey, David M ^b   Ordines, Francesc ^a   Guijarro, Beatriz ^a   Valls, María ^a   Barberá, Carmen ^a   de Mesa, Aina ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balearic islands; Bathymetric patterns; Community descriptors; Elasmobranch; Fishing impact; GAM; MDS; Spatial segregation; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISH; FISHING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 80855164668     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n4653     Document Type: Article

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