Estuarine ichthyoplankton studies–a review

H Zhang, Y Wang, C Liang, S Liu… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Estuaries are nutrient-rich environments with a gradient of fresh to salt water. They support
high primary productivity and an abundance of zooplankton. Estuaries are used by many …

Biophysical processes leading to the ingress of temperate fish larvae into estuarine nursery areas: A review

MA Teodosio, CB Paris, E Wolanski, P Morais - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A series of complementary hypotheses have been proposed to explain the recruitment of
marine and temperate pelagic fish larvae originated from pelagic eggs in coastal …

Microplastic contamination in an urban estuary: abundance and distribution of microplastics and fish larvae in the Douro estuary

SM Rodrigues, CMR Almeida, D Silva, J Cunha… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Estuaries are productive environments used by many fish as nursery grounds. The initial
stages of fishes are highly vulnerable to (a) biotic factors, and anthropogenic pressures …

[图书][B] Hydrological changes and estuarine dynamics

P Montagna, TA Palmer, JB Pollack - 2012 - books.google.com
Water development projects have altered the environmental flow landscapes where dams
and diversions have been built, and this could have effects on coastal resources, particularly …

The contrasting ecology of temperate macrotidal and microtidal estuaries

JR Tweedley, RM Warwick… - Oceanography and Marine …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
E-mail: j. tweedley@ murdoch. edu. au 2Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West
Hoe, Plymouth, PLI 3DH, United KingdomTidal range is a master factor governing the …

Function of estuaries and coastal areas as nursery grounds for marine fish early life stages

MA Guerreiro, F Martinho, J Baptista, F Costa… - Marine Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study describes the larval and juvenile fish fauna of an estuary and its adjacent
coastal area (Mondego estuary, Northwest coast of Portugal) and evaluates their function as …

Why are there so few freshwater fish species in most estuaries?

AK Whitfield - Journal of Fish Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The freshwater fish assemblage in most estuaries is not as species rich as the marine
assemblage in the same systems. Coupled with this differential richness is an apparent …

Seasonal fish assemblage structure using environmental DNA in the Yangtze Estuary and its adjacent waters

H Zhang, S Yoshizawa, W Iwasaki… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The fisheries resources of the Yangtze Estuary and its adjacent waters have undergone
dramatic declines as a consequence of environmental changes and human activities, with …

Changes in a temperate estuary during the filling of the biggest European dam

P Morais, MA Chícharo, L Chícharo - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
This study aimed to determine whether and how the disruption of river flow, during the filling
of the Alqueva dam, influenced the variability of abiotic and biotic factors in the Guadiana …

Environmental factors affecting the nursery function for fish in the main estuaries of the Gulf of Cadiz (south-west Iberian Peninsula)

JM Miró, C Megina, I Donázar-Aramendía… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrological, geomorphological, physicochemical and biological factors influence the
nursery function of estuaries. Our study compared the environmental conditions and the …