Fish assemblage dynamics in the Tagus and Sado estuaries (Portugal)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-35

  Neves, Ana ^a   Cabral, Henrique ^a   Figueiredo, Ivone ^b   Sequeira, Vera ^a   Moura, Teresa ^b   Gordo, Leonel Serrano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Estuarine system; Fish assemblage; Portugal; Sado; Tagus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; DIPLODUS BELLOTTII; GOBIUS NIGER; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS; MONOCHIRUS HISPIDUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SYNGNATHUS;

EID: 42449146227     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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