@article{fdi:010041474,
  title = {{S}patial versus temporal patterns in fish assemblages of a tropical estuarine coastal lake : the {E}brie {L}agoon ({I}vory {C}oast)},
  author = {{E}coutin, {J}ean-{M}arc and {R}ichard, {E}. and {S}imier, {M}onique and {A}lbaret, {J}ean-{J}acques},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he fish assemblages of the {E}brie lagoon ({I}vory {C}oast) were sampled by experimental fishing over the entire lagoon using a purse seine net. {T}he sampling was conducted in the two main hydroclimatic seasons for this ecosystem, i.e. in the dry season ({M}arch-{A}pril) and in the wet season ({A}ugust- {S}eptember). {T}he results obtained showed a fish assemblage organized around a consistently occurring group of twenty species. {W}hen analysed in terms of ecological categories, the seasonal influence led to a cycle in the assemblages from freshwater to marine around this permanent species pool, with a seasonal renewal of the assemblage. {A}t the scale of the lagoon, there were variations in the composition of the assemblages that clearly distinguished the western part from the eastern one. {T}he limit was situated at the {V}ridi canal, a wide artificial channel permanently connecting the lagoon to the sea. {T}o the west, the assemblage was characterised by a strong spatial uniformity and low seasonal variability. {T}o the east, the assemblage formed two different entities; one assemblage with pronounced freshwater affinities occurring in a side arm and the other assemblage with great seasonal variability under the alternating influence of seawater in the dry season and freshwater in the wet season. {T}his part of the lagoon functioned somewhat like a typical estuary. (c) 2005 {E}lsevier {L}td. {A}ll rights reserved.},
  keywords = {fish assemblages ; tropical lagoon ; spatio temporal pattern ; correspondence analysis ; {W}est {A}frica},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}stuarine {C}oastal and {S}helf {S}cience},
  volume = {64},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {623--635},
  ISSN = {0272-7714},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecss.2005.04.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041474},
}