Demersal fishes in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: Partitioning the spatial, temporal and environmental components of ecological variation

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 468-480

  Azevedo, Márcia Cristina Costa de ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a   Cruz Filho, Antônio Gomes da ^b   Pessanha, André Luiz Machado ^a   Silva, Márcio de Araújo ^a   Guedes, Ana Paula Penha ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bay; Brazil; environmental gradient; fishes assemblages; variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 35649001986     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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