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Geographical patterns in abundance and population structure of Nephrops norvegicus and Parapenaeus longirostris (Crustacea: Decapoda) along the European Mediterranean coasts

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dc.creator Abelló, Pere
dc.creator Abella, Álvaro
dc.creator Adamidou, Angeliki
dc.creator Jukic-Peladic, Stjepan
dc.creator Maiorano, Porzia
dc.creator Spedicato, Maria Teresa
dc.date 2008-06-30T09:23:02Z
dc.date 2008-06-30T09:23:02Z
dc.date 2002
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T02:14:05Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T02:14:05Z
dc.identifier Scientia Marina 66(Suppl.2): 125-141 (2002)
dc.identifier 0214-8358 (print edition)
dc.identifier 1886-8134 (online edition)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5444
dc.identifier 10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2125
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5444
dc.description Publicación online disponible en: http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php
dc.description The main characteristics concerning distribution, size structure and total mortality of two of the most important decapod crustaceans of commercial interest in the Mediterranean Sea, Nephrops norvegicus and Parapenaeus longirostris, are studied along the European Mediterranean coasts. The study is based on data collected during a series of six trawl surveys performed in spring from 1994 to 1999 from the Gibraltar Straits to the Aegean Sea. The population size structure identified in the different geographical sectors is analysed taking into account two bathymetric sectors: continental shelf and upper slope. Differences in N. norvegicus population demographic structure among geographical sectors, as well as in total mortality, appear to be highly related to different exploitation levels. Size structure in P. longirostris also shows a great heterogeneity throughout the different geographical sectors. Considering that both species are heavily exploited all along the studied area, the observed differences can be interpreted as different responses to exploitation related to the widely differing life history characteristics of the mentioned species. In fact, N. norvegicus is a long-lived, benthic, burrowing species with low growth and mortality rates, and P. longirostris an epibenthic short-lived species characterised by higher rates of growth and mortality.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2125
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Nephrops norvegicus
dc.subject Parapenaeus longirostris
dc.subject Distribution
dc.subject Population structure
dc.subject Mediterranean sea
dc.title Geographical patterns in abundance and population structure of Nephrops norvegicus and Parapenaeus longirostris (Crustacea: Decapoda) along the European Mediterranean coasts
dc.type Artículo


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