Fish community structure and distribution in a macro-tidal inshore habitat in the Irish Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Jovanovic, Boris ^a,b   Longmore, Craig ^b   O'Leary, Áine ^b   Mariani, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

coastal fish; Dublin Bay; environmental gradient; fish community; mudflat; tide

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARY; FISH; LAGOON; MUDFLAT; ORDINATION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; IRISH SEA; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMODYTES TOBIANUS; PISCES; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 34548509599     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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