Seasonal and between-year variations of fish populations in the middle Thames estuary: 1980-1989

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Araujo, F G ^a,b   Bailey, R G ^a   Williams, W P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fish; Populations; Seasonal; Thames; Yearly

Indexed keywords

FISH COMMUNITY; POPULATION CHANGE; SEASONALITY;

UK, ENGLAND, THAMES ESTUARY;

EID: 0031843839     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1998.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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