Seasonal, annual and regional variations in ichthyofaunal composition in the inner Severn Estuary and inner Bristol Channel

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 507-525

  Potter, I C ^a   Claridge, P N ^b   Hyndes, G A ^a   Clarke, K R ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CONGER MYRIASTER; GADUS MORHUA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH COMMUNITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MARINE-ESTUARINE VARIATIONS; NURSERY GROUND; NURSERY GROUNDS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UK, BRISTOL CHANNEL; UK, SEVERN ESTUARY;

EID: 0030617133     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400071836     Document Type: Article

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