Site fidelity and movements of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) in a coastal lagoon (Ria Formosa, Portugal)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 758-763

  Abecasis, David ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

acoustic telemetry; fish movement; Ria Formosa; site fidelity; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; COASTAL LAGOON; DIEL MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY;

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

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 50449086724     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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