Modelling of European hake nurseries in the Mediterranean Sea: An ecological niche approach

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-204

  Druon, Jean Noël ^a   Fiorentino, Fabio ^b   Murenu, Matteo ^c   Knittweis, Leyla ^d   Colloca, Francesco ^b   Osio, Chato ^a   Mérigot, Bastien Hema ^e   Garofalo, Germana ^b   Mannini, Alessandro ^f   Jadaud, Angélique Hema ^g   Sbrana, Mario Hema ^h   Scarcella, Giuseppe ⁱ   Tserpes, George ^j   Peristeraki, Panagiota Hema ^j   Carlucci, Roberto ^k   Heikkonen, Jukka ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g IFREMER   (France)

^h Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata G Bacci ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

BIOLOGICAL TRAITS; BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING STRATEGIES; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM CURRENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NICHE; NURSERY GROUND; PREDICTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TELEOST;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84920456007     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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