Evaluating the effects of protection on fish predators and sea urchins in shallow artificial rocky habitats: A case study in the northern Adriatic Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-348

  Guidetti, P ^a   Bussotti, S ^a   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Artificial habitats; Asymmetric ANOVA; Fishery impact; Marine protected areas; Visual census

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FISHERIES; JETTIES; OCEAN HABITATS;

FISHED BREAKWATERS; MARINE COASTAL LANDSCAPES; PREDATORY FISHES; SEA URCHINS;

BREAKWATERS;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; NONHUMAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PREDATOR; SEA URCHIN; SEDATION; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEA URCHINS;

ADRIATIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIRAMARE MARINE PROTECTED AREA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PISCES; SARGUS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 9944219965     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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