Nekton use of salt marsh creeks in the upper Tejo estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 818-825

  Salgado, João P ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a   Deegan, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY; WORLD;

ANCHOA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; CEPHALOPODA; CRANGON; CRANGON CRANGON; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICHOLUS; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LIZA; LIZA AURATA; LIZA RAMADA; PALAEMON; PALAEMON LONGIROSTRIS; PALAEMON SERRATUS; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES VARIANS; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SERRANIDAE; SYNGNATHUS;

EID: 8544274532     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02912043     Document Type: Article

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