Rapid shifts in a marine fish assemblage follow fluctuations in winter sea conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 340, Issue , 2007, Pages 259-270

  Henriques, Miguel ^a,b   Gonçalves, Emanuel J ^a   Almada, Vítor C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Faunal changes; NAO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Portugal; Sea surface temperature; SST; Temperate fish assemblage; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CURRENT DIRECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; WINTER;

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

PISCES;

EID: 34547191293     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps340259     Document Type: Article

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