Towards understanding the influence of environmental conditions on demersal resources and ecosystems in the western Mediterranean: Motivations, aims and methods of the IDEADOS project

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-19

  Massuti E ^a   Olivar, M P ^b   Monserrat, S ^c   Rueda, L ^a   Oliver, P ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Benthos; Catchability; Deep scattering layers; Demersal resources; Hydrodynamics; Mid water nekton; Population dynamics; Species assemblages; Trophic coupling; Western Mediterranean; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; BENTHOS; CATCHABILITY; DEEP SCATTERING LAYER; DEMERSAL RESOURCES; MID-WATER NEKTON; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

EID: 84906778729     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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