Environmental variables and fisheries diversity of the Naaf River Estuary, Bangladesh

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-180

  Chowdhury, M Shah Nawaz ^a   Hossain, M Shahadat ^b   Das, Nani Gopal ^a   Barua, Prabal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Diversity index; ESBN; Estuary; Favourable environment; Fisheries diversity; Habitat; Naaf River; Productive system; Species assemblages

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING GEAR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH WORK; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURBIDITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; NAF RIVER;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 79551602528     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-010-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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