Spatial patterns of ichthyoplankton assemblages in the Río de la Plata Estuary (Argentina-Uruguay)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-610

  Berasategui, A D ^a   Acha, E M ^a,b   Fernandez Araoz N C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; assemblages; estuary; ichthyoplankton; R o de la Plata; salt wedge; spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARANGIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; CYNOGLOSSIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 3242716905     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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