Environmental influences on the fish assemblage of the Humber estuary, U.K.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-184

  Marshall, S ^a,b   Elliott, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sutherland Salmon Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England coast; Estuaries; Fishes; Humber estuary; Multivariate analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH COMMUNITY; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ENGLAND; HUMBER ESTUARY; UK;

AGONUS CATAPHRACTUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; GADUS MORHUA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PLEURONECTES FLESUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSSA; SOLEA SOLEA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0032005842     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0268     Document Type: Article

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