Species composition, seasonal fluctuations, and residency of inshore fish assemblages in the Pantan estuary of the eastern middle Adriatic

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-212

  Matić Skoko, Sanja ^a   Peharda, Melita ^a   Pallaoro, Armin ^a   Franiçević, Marijana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fish assemblage; Residency; Seasonal fluctuations

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APHANIUS FASCIATUS; ATHERINA BOYERI; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; LIZA AURATA; LIZA RAMADA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; PISCES; POMATOSCHISTUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 30644461043     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: 00015113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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