Influence of levantine artificial reefs on the fish assemblage of the surrounding seabed

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-54

  Edelist, D ^a   Spanier, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Fish assemblage; Influence radius; Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean Levantine basin; Production vs. attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892838391     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.121     Document Type: Article

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