@article {497,
	title = {Fish assemblage of the marine protected area of Cinque Terre (NW Mediterranean Sea): First characterization and assessment by visual census},
	journal = {Chemistry and Ecology},
	volume = {22},
	year = {2006},
	abstract = {<p>The main objective of this study is to improve the knowledge of the  coastal fish assemblage of {\textquoteright}Cinque Terre{\textquoteright} Italian national Marine  Protected Area (Ligurian Sea), focusing on the characterization of the  fish fauna in the core zone A (no entry-no take). The study relates to  the main sea-bottom types and bathymetric ranges, and evaluates the  effect of the protection on fish abundance and size composition in this  5-yr-old MPA. Field activities were carried out in 2003 by means of  visual census techniques. In the A zone, fish-assemblage composition are  strictly related to depth and sea-bottom type. Recorded data did not  permit detection of a clear reserve effect on fish fauna, probably due  to the recent institution of the MPA. Several significant differences  were detected only considering the size-class composition of target  species.</p>},
	keywords = {assemblage, assessment, census, Cinque Terre, comparison, depth, fauna, fish, fish abundance, fish assemblage, fishing prohibition, Italy, Ligurian Sea, marine protected area, Mediterranean sea, mullidae, no-take area, protected area, protection, protection effectiveness, reserve effect, Sciaenidae, serranidae, size, sparidae, visual census, western Mediterranean, zoning},
	author = {L. Tunesi and E. Salvati and A. Molinari}
}
