Seasonal changes in density, biomass, and diversity of estuarine fishes in tidal mangrove creeks of the lower Caeté Estuary (northern Brazilian coast, east Amazon)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 256, Issue , 2003, Pages 217-228

  Barletta, Mário ^a,b   Barletta Bergan, Audrey ^b   Saint Paul, Ulrich ^b   Hubold, Gerd ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caet Estuary; Eastern Amazon; Estuarine fishes; Fish assemblages; Macrotide region; Mangrove tidal creeks

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTUARY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL; CAETE ESTUARY; FURO DO MEIO;

ANCHOVIA CLUPEOIDES; CATHOROPS; CATHOROPS PLEUROPS; CLUPEOIDES; COLOMESUS PSITTACUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NASO; PISCES; PSEUDAUCHNIPTERUS NODOSUS; PSITTACUS; PTERENGRAULIS ATHERINOIDES; RHINOSARDINIA AMAZONICA; STELLIFER NASO;

EID: 0042071327     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps256217     Document Type: Article

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