Environmental effects on the recruitment variability of nursery species

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-468

  Martinho, F ^a   Dolbeth, M ^a   Viegas, I ^a   Teixeira, C M ^b   Cabral, H N ^b   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

flatfish; hydrodynamics; NAO; recruitment variability; river runoff; sea bass

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATFISH; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NURSERY GROUND; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SERRANIDAE; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 67649584048     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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