Comparative analysis of a temperate and a tropical seagrass bed fish assemblages in two estuarine systems: The Mira estuary (Portugal) and the Mussulo lagoon (Angola)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-81

  Costa, Maria José ^a   Santos, Carmen I ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuarine system; Fish assemblage; Mira; Mussulo; Seagrass; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANGOLA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0036200699     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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