Impacts of fishing and environmental factors driving changes on littoral fish assemblages in a subtropical oceanic island

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-32

  Sangil, Carlos ^a,b   Martín García, Laura ^a,b   Hernández, José Carlos ^b   Concepción, Laura ^a   Fernández, Raúl ^a   Clemente, Sabrina ^b  

^a Consorcio Insular de la Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera La Palma ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental parameters; Fishing pressure; Habitat characteristics; Littoral fish; Marine protected area; Seaweed cover; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FISHING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAWEED; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA;

BODIANUS SCROFA; CANTHIDERMIS SUFFLAMEN; DIPLODUS CERVINUS CERVINUS; POMADASYS INCISUS; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 84879502082     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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