Patterns in abundance and distribution of juvenile flounder, Platichthys flesus, in Minho estuary (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1143-1153

  Freitas, Vânia ^a,b   Costa Dias, Sérgia ^a   Campos, Joana ^a,b   Bio, Ana ^a   Santos, Paulo ^a,b   Antunes, Carlos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Aquamuseu do Rio Minho Parque do Castelinho ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Minho estuary; Nursery; Platichthys flesus; Tidal freshwater wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATFISH; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MINHO ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 72149106150     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9237-8     Document Type: Article

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