Environmental influences on fish assemblage distribution of an estuarine coastal lagoon, Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-159

  Pombo, Lúcia ^a   Elliott, Michael ^b   Rebelo, José Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental factors; Fish fauna; Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 16344391829     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69n1143     Document Type: Article

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