Environmental factors and interactions affecting the temporal abundance of juvenile flatfish in the Thames Estuary

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-149

  Power, M ^a   Attrill, M J ^b   Thomas, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Environmental interactions; Estuaries; Flatfish; Juveniles; Temperature; Temporal trends; Thames; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLATFISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CRANGON CRANGON; LIMANDA LIMANDA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 0034131443     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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