Seasonal patterns in the fish and crustacean community of a turbid temperate estuary (Zeeschelde Estuary, Belgium)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-151

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Cooling water; Crustacea; Estuaries; Fish catches; Power plants; Species composition; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARY; FISH; SEASONALITY; TURBIDITY;

BELGIUM; ZEESCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0032146253     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0350     Document Type: Article

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