Use of a flooded salt marsh habitat by an endangered cyprinodontid fish (Aphanius iberus)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-185

  Alcaraz, Carles ^a   Pou Rovira, Quim ^a   García Berthou, Emili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Condition; Flooding; Glasswort; Spanish toothcarp

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; FISH;

COASTAL LAGOONS; GLASSWORT; MACROINVERTEBRATES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOOD; FLOODING; HABITAT USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALTMARSH;

ALGAE; APHANIUS IBERUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYPRINODONTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA PATULA;

EID: 40549111690     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9230-y     Document Type: Article

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