Composition and temporal dynamics of a temperate rocky cryptobenthic fish assemblage

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1221-1228

  Beldade, R ^a   Erzini, K ^b   Goncalves E J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTUMN; BENTHOS; FISH; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ARRABIDA NATURAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GOBIUS PAGANELLUS; GOBIUS XANTHOCEPHALUS; LEPADOGASTER; MIRBELIA CANDOLLEI; PARABLENNIUS PILICORNIS; TRIPTERYGION DELAISI;

EID: 33748209521     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014226     Document Type: Article

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