A critical habitat for Mediterranean fish resources: Shelf-break areas with Leptometra phalangium (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)

This paper considers the potential role of the crinoid Leptometra phalangium as an indicator of highly productive areas along the shelf break that can sustain large biomasses of benthopelagic fish and recruits. The structure of fish assemblages in the central Mediterranean Sea (central-western coast...

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Published in:Marine Biology
Main Authors: COLLOCA, FRANCESCO, ARDIZZONE, Domenico, Paolo Carpentieri, E. Balestri
Other Authors: Colloca, Francesco, Paolo, Carpentieri, E., Balestri, Ardizzone, Domenico
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2004
Subjects:
cod gadus morhua
population structure
continental slope
hake merluccius merlucciu
lophelia pertusa
demersal assemblage
temporal distribution
european hake
community structure
central tyrrhenian sea
Argentina
Hake
Gadus morhua
Lophelia pertusa
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11573/362324
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-004-1405-8
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