Horizontal spatial and temporal distribution patterns of nearshore larval fish assemblages at a temperate rocky shore

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 412-428

  Borges, Rita ^a   Ben Hamadou, Radhouan ^b   Chícharo, M Alexandra ^b   Ré, Pedro ^c   Gonçalves, Emanuel J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

horizontal distribution; larval fishes; nearshore; retention; temperate reefs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; LARVA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARRABIDA MARINE PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 33846195510     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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