Factors affecting seasonal variations in demersal fish assemblages at an ecocline in a tropical-subtropical estuary

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1314-1336

  Barletta, M ^a,b   Amaral, C S ^a   Correa M F M ^c   Guebert, F ^c   Dantas, D V ^a,b   Lorenzi, L ^b,d   Saint Paul, U ^e  

^a Instituto de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Estuarinos (IEGEA)   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Aquaticos IEGEA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

^e Zentrum für Marine Tropenöcologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fish ecology; Mangrove estuary; Paranagu Estuary; South western Atlantic; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CATHOROPS SPIXII; CYNOSCION LEIARCHUS; GENIDENS GENIDENS; MENTICIRRHUS AMERICANUS; PISCES; SPHOEROIDES TESTUDINEUS; STELLIFER RASTRIFER; SYMPHURUS;

EID: 53549099359     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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