Document of bibliographic reference 286668

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

Spatial distribution of ichthyofauna in the northern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean)

Abstract

This study describes the four main demersal fish assemblages identified along the continental shelf and slope (30–800 m depth) of the northern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean), based on the analysis of the MEDITS (International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean) 12-year data series. We collected 186 fish species belonging to three classes, 24 orders and 69 families. Taxonomically, the order Perciformes was the most diverse, represented by 18 families and 58 species. Each assemblage had particular characteristics of abundance, biomass, mean fish weight and species richness. The geographical differences associated with the distribution of some species occurred within shelf assemblages. The middle slope was characterised by the highest similarity between samples, probably due to its lower environmental variability compared to that of the other assemblages.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000352303100002

Bibliographic citation

García-Ruiz, C.; Lloris, D.; Rueda, J.L.; García-Martínez, M.C.; Gil de Sola, L. (2015). Spatial distribution of ichthyofauna in the northern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). J. Nat. Hist. 49(19-20): 1191-1224. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.1001457

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true