Changes in marsh nekton communities along the salinity gradient of the Schelde river, Belgium and The Netherlands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 515, Issue , 2004, Pages 137-146

  Hampel, Henrietta ^a   Cattrijsse, Andre ^b   Mees, Jan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Marsh habitat types; Nekton; Salinity gradient; Schelde

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING;

MARSH PONDS; SALINITY GRADIENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT USE; MARSH; NEKTON; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALBURNOIDES BIPUNCTATUS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES VARIANS; PALAEMONIDAE; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; PORTUNIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 1842534185     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027325.16156.6c     Document Type: Article

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