Use of the coastal areas adjacent to the Douro estuary as a nursery area for pouting, Trisopterus luscus Linnaeus, 1758

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Franca S ^a   Vinagre, C ^a   Costa, M J ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; HABITAT USE; NURSERY GROUND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DOURO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; MYSIDACEA; TRISOPTERUS; TRISOPTERUS LUSCUS;

EID: 2042423109     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2003.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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