Comparison of the fish assemblages in tidal salt marsh creeks and in adjoining mudflat areas in the Tejo estuary (Portugal)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Salgado, Joao ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique ^a,b   Deegan, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Mudflats; Portugal; Tejo estuary; Tidal creeks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARY; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MUDFLAT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

LIZA; LIZA RAMADA; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS;

EID: 8644235830     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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