Diel rhythms in shallow Mediterranean rocky-reef fishes: A chronobiological approach with the help of trained volunteers

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-470

  Azzurro, Ernesto ^a   Aguzzi, Jacopo ^b   Maynou, Francesc ^b   Chiesa, Juan José ^c   Savini, Dario ^d,e  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^d DiSTA Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

^e For Mare   (Italy)

Author keywords

activity rhythms; Citizen Science; Fourier analysis; Mediterranean Sea; rocky reef fishes; visual census; waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CENSUS; CHRONOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FISH; HUMAN RESOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; SHALLOW WATER; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AGRIGENTO; ITALY; LINOSA ISLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY;

ANIMALIA; CORIS JULIS; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS; PISCES; SARPA SALPA; SERRANUS CABRILLA; SERRANUS SCRIBA; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; THALASSOMA PAVO;

EID: 84873540204     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412001166     Document Type: Article

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