Differential use of nursery areas within the Tagus estuary by sympatric soles, Solea solea and Solea senegalensis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-397

  Cabral, Henrique ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Distributional ecology; Environmental factors; Estuarine nurseries; Habitat use

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NURSERY GROUND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 0033397008     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007571523120     Document Type: Article

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