Thermal impact of a nuclear power plant in a coastal area in Southeastern Brazil: Effects of heating and physical structure on benthic cover and fish communities

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 684, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-175

  Teixeira, Tatiana Pires ^a   Neves, Leonardo Mitrano ^a   Araújo, Francisco Gerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat; Rocky shore fishes; Structural complexity; Thermal pollution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COOLING; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEATING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMAL POLLUTION;

BRAZIL;

ABUDEFDUF SAXATILIS; CHAETODON STRIATUS; DIPLODUS ARGENTEUS; EUCINOSTOMUS ARGENTEUS; MALACOCTENUS; MUGIL CUREMA; PISCES; SPHOEROIDES GREELEYI; STEGASTES FUSCUS;

EID: 84856758094     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0980-1     Document Type: Article

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