Essential Fish Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Valavanis, Vasilis D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology ; 203
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Bioinformatics.; Aquatic ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity, a definition that includes the physical, chemical a...