Feeding ecology and trophic relationships of fish species in the lower Guadiana River Estuary and Castro Marim e Vila Real de Santo António Salt Marsh

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Sá, Rita ^a   Bexiga, Constança ^a   Veiga, Pedro ^a   Vieira, Lina ^a   Erzini, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Guadiana Estuary; multivariate analysis; stomach contents; trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; PREDATION; SALTMARSH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; BATRACHOIDIDAE; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GOBIIDAE; MORONIDAE; MUGILIDAE; MULLIDAE; PALAEMON SERRATUS; POLYCHAETA; SOLEIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 57549119361     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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