Spatial and temporal variability of fish assemblage in Kuwait Bay

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-424

  Chen, Weizhong ^a   Almatar, Sulaiman ^a   Bishop, James M ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; FISH; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; KUWAIT BAY; MIDDLE EAST;

CARNIVORA; LEIOGNATHUS BINDUS;

EID: 58549103089     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1094-9     Document Type: Article

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