Recruitment of flatfish species to an estuarine nursery habitat (Lima estuary, NW Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-486

  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

Estuarine recruitment; Larval and juvenile flatfishes; Lima estuary, NW iberian peninsula; Nursery habitat; Platichthys flesus; Solea senegalensis; Solea solea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLATFISH; METAMORPHOSIS; NURSERY GROUND; PLANKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

LIMIA ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 77957357543     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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