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Demersal assemblages and depth distribution of elasmobranchs from the continental shelf and slope off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Abstract

The analysis of 131 hauls from four bottom trawl fishing surveys carried out between depths of 46 and 1713 m in two different areas off the Balearic Islands yielded a total of 23 elasmobranch species belonging to eight families. Cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling (MDS) ordination were applied to detect zonation patterns and some ecological parameters (e.g. species richness, abundance and biomass, mean weight, diversity and evenness) were calculated for each assemblage. For each area, analysis of similitude (ANOSIM) and similarity percentage analysis (SIMPER) were also applied to detect differences between seasons and depths. For the most important species ( Galeus melastomus , Scyliorhinus canicula , Centroscymnus coelolepis , Etmopterus spinax , Squalus blainvillei , Raja naevus , Raja asterias , Raja clavata , Raja miraletus and Raja oxyrhinchus ), abundance and size distributions were analysed by depth.

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Massutí, E. (2003). Demersal assemblages and depth distribution of elasmobranchs from the continental shelf and slope off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean). ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 60(4): 753-766. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1054-3139(03)00089-4

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