Fish community structure and dynamics in a coastal hypersaline lagoon: Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-299

  Vega Cendejas, Ma Eugenia ^a   Hernández De Santillana, Mireya ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Community structure; Fish; Hypersaline system; Rio Lagartos Reserve; Seasonal variations; Spatial distribution; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

CYPRINODON; CYPRINODON ARTIFRONS; ELOPS SAURUS; EUCINOSTOMUS ARGENTEUS; EUCINOSTOMUS GULA; FLORIDICHTHYS; FLORIDICHTHYS POLYOMMUS; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS MAJALIS; SPHOEROIDES; SPHOEROIDES TESTUDINEUS; STRONGYLURA NOTATA;

EID: 2542442787     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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