Effects of 1997-1998 El Niño on the dynamics of the shallow-water fish assemblage of the Patos Lagoon Estuary (Brazil)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-500

  Garcia, A M ^a   Vieira, J P ^a   Winemiller, K O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; El Ni o; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Estuary; Freshwater outflow; Patos Lagoon; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FISH; FRESHWATER INPUT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT;

BRAZIL; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE;

PISCES;

EID: 0042208325     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00382-7     Document Type: Article

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