Inter- and intra-estuarine fish assemblage variability patterns along the Portuguese coast

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-271

  França, Susana ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological guilds; Estuaries; Fish assemblages; GLM; Mesohaline; Oligohaline; Polyhaline; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GIS; GUILD; NURSERY GROUND; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 78650705529     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.035     Document Type: Article

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