Connectivity between estuaries and marine environment: Integrating metrics to assess estuarine nursery function

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1123-1133

  Vasconcelos, R P ^a   Reis Santos, P ^a   Costa, M J ^a   Cabral, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Effective juvenile habitat; Estuary; Juvenile fish; Nursery

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL FISH; CONNECTIVITY; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; EFFECTIVE JUVENILE HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; JUVENILE DENSITY; JUVENILE FISH; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MARINE AREAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE FISH; MULTIPLE SPECIES; NURSERY; NURSERY GROUNDS; PORTUGUESE COAST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA BASS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; RATING;

ESTUARIES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

PORTUGAL;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SERRANIDAE; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 79955796103     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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