Recruitment patterns of young-of-the-year mugilid fishes in a West African estuary impacted by climate change

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-367

  Trape, Sébastien ^a,b   Durand, Jean Dominique ^b   Guilhaumon, François ^a   Vigliola, Laurent ^c   Panfili, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

habitat use; hypersaline; inverse estuary; juveniles; Mugilidae; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT USE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RNA; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; FATICK; SALOUM ESTUARY; SENEGAL; SINE ESTUARY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

LIZA DUMERILI; LIZA FALCIPINNIS; LIZA GRANDISQUAMIS; MUGIL BANANENSIS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL CUREMA; MUGILIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 70449088943     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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