Spatial, temporal and diel variations of fish assemblages at two sandy beaches in the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 817-828

  Pessanha, André Luiz Machado ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beaches; Diel movements; Distribution; Environmental influences; Ichthyofauna

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIEL VARIATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO; SEPETIBA BAY;

ANCHOA TRICOLOR; APRION; ATHERINELLA BRASILIENSIS; DIAPTERUS RHOMBEUS; ENGRAULIDAE; GERREIDAE; GERRES; GERRES APRION; HARENGULA CLUPEOLA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LIZA; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; MUGIL LIZA; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 0141563553     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00411-0     Document Type: Article

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