The rocky-reef fish assemblages of Malta and Lampedusa islands (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea): A visual census study in a changing biogeographical sector

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2015-2026

  Azzurro, E ^a   La Mesa, G ^a   Fanelli, E ^b  

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

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ecological guilds; Monitoring; Spatial variation; Underwater visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CENSUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUILD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; PERCIFORM; REEF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGRIGENTO; ITALY; LAMPEDUSA; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY; STRAIT OF SICILY;

EID: 84887488585     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413000799     Document Type: Article

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