Can citizen science survey non-indigenous fish species in the eastern mediterranean sea?

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-180

  Bodilis, P ^a,b   Louisy, P ^a,b   Draman, M ^c   Arceo, H O ^a   Francour, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Association Peau Bleue   (France)

^c Archipel Diving Center Uzu Ar i   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Fish assemblages; Lessepsian fishes; MED; Turkey; UVC

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; MED; TURKEY; UVC;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; SURVEYS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURVEY METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CITIZEN SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERTILITY; FISH; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SARPA SALPA; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SIGANUS RIVULATUS; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTALYA [TURKEY]; KAS PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); TURKEY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84891837717     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0171-0     Document Type: Article

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