Spatiotemporal variation in shallow-water freshwater fish distribution and abundance in a large subtropical coastal lagoon

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-228

  Garcia, Alexandre M ^a   Raseira, Marcelo B ^a   Vieira, João P ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^b   Grimm, Alice M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Brazil; Drainage basin; El Ni o; Estuary; Freshwater discharge; Neotropical fishes; Patos lagoon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER INPUT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTYANAX; CICHLIDAE; OLIGOSARCUS; PISCES; SILURIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345598963     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027366101945     Document Type: Article

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