Ecomorphological analysis as a complementary tool to detect changes in fish communities following major perturbations in two South African estuarine systems

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-614

  Lombarte, Antoni ^a   Gordoa, Ana ^b   Whitfield, Alan K ^c   James, Nicola C ^c   Tuset, Víctor M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecomorpholgy; Fish communities; Index of diversity; South African estuarine systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROPHYTE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864309548     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9966-0     Document Type: Article

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