Population structure of the protected fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the south Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 787-796

  Vafidis, Dimitris ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^b   Voultsiadou, Eleni ^b   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; density; endangered species; Pinna nobilis; population structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISLAND; MUSSEL CULTURE; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); ASTYPALAIA; DODECANESE; GREECE; KALYMNOS [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

PINNA NOBILIS;

EID: 84899477791     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413001902     Document Type: Article

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