Environmental control on early life stages of flatfishes in the Lima Estuary (NW Portugal)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-264

  Ramos, Sandra ^a   Ré, Pedro ^b   Bordalo, Adriano A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

environmental control; flatfish nursery; larval and juvenile flatfish assemblages; Lima Estuary, Portugal; Platichthys flesus; Solea senegalensis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLATFISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; IMMIGRATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; JUVENILE; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMIA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

PISCES; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 65549133715     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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