Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-79

  Cheminée, Adrien ^a,b   Sala, Enric ^b,c   Pastor, Jérémy ^a   Bodilis, Pascaline ^a   Thiriet, Pierre ^a   Mangialajo, Luisa ^a   Cottalorda, Jean Michel ^a   Francour, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate stable states; Canopy; Cystoseira; Fish juveniles; Nursery value; Symphodus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BROWN ALGA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT LOSS; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF;

EID: 84875243071     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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