Setting an ecological baseline prior to the bottom-up establishment of a marine protected area in Santorini Island, Aegean Sea

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 720-737

  Salomidi, M ^a   Giakoumi, S ^b,c   Gerakaris, V ^a   Issaris, Y ^a   Sini, M ^d   Tsiamis, K ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Alien species; Benthic communities; Ecological indicators; Fish assemblages; Marine protected area; Posidonia oceanica meadows; Rocky infralittoral

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027844256     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.1802     Document Type: Article

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