Distribution of relatively rare demersal elasmobranchs in the eastern Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-53

  Tserpes, George ^a   Maravelias, Christos D ^a   Pantazi, Maria ^a   Peristeraki, Panagiota ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Demersal fish; Mapping; Mediterranean Sea; Sharks; Temporal variations; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEMERSAL FISH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SHARK; SLOPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASTERIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; MUSTELUS MUSTELUS; RAJA ASTERIAS; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 84873739468     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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