Fish communities along an oxygen-poor salinity gradient (Zeeschelde Estuary, Belgium)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 534-546

  Maes, J ^a   Van Damme, P A ^a   Taillieu, A ^a   Ollevier, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cooling water; Estuary; Fish community; Oxygen depletion; Spatial distribution; Zeeschelde

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; SALINITY GRADIENT;

BELGIUM, ZEESCHELDE ESTUARY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLKA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PLEURONECTES FLESUS; POMATOSCHISTUS LOZANOI; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SYNGNATHUS ROSTELLATUS;

EID: 0032032475     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0602     Document Type: Article

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