Functional diversity in European estuaries: Relating the composition of fish assemblages to the abiotic environment

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-338

  Nicolas, D ^a   Lobry, J ^a   Le Pape, O ^b   Boet P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

estuaries; European Atlantic coast; fish assemblage; functional diversity; habitat

Indexed keywords

CATADROMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LINEARITY; META-ANALYSIS; MUDFLAT;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE];

EID: 77953325699     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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