Long-term changes in fish communities of the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon (southern Portugal) based on two studies made 20 years apart

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Ribeiro, Joaquim ^a   Monteiro, Carlos C ^b   Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Bentes, Luis ^a   Coelho, Rui ^a   Gonçalves, Jorge M S ^a   Lino, Pedro G ^a,b   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

coastal lagoon; fish fauna; long term changes; Ria Formosa; South Portugal; temporal variations; urban sewage

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PERCIFORM; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MUGILIDAE;

EID: 36849077669     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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