Fish communities of a disturbed mangrove wetland and an adjacent tidal river in Palmar, Ecuador

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 115-128

  Shervette, V R ^a   Aguirre, W E ^b   Blacio, E ^c   Cevallos, Rodrigo ^d   Gonzalez, Marcelo ^d   Pozo, Francisco ^d   Gelwick, F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL PENÍNSULA DE SANTA ELENA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

community; Ecuador; estuarine habitat; mangroves; nursery; trophic structure; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

ECUADOR; GUAYAS; PALMAR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; ATHERINELLA SERRIVOMER; CARANGIDAE; CENTROPOMIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; GERREIDAE; GOBIIDAE; MUGIL CUREMA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33847025649     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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