“…In this situation, there are environmental parameters, such as temperature and salinity (Greenwood, 1981;Kouwenberg, 1994;Ladurantaye and Lacroix, 1980;Mallin, 1991;Tundisi, 1970;Wooldridge, 1986), nutrients (Gaughan and Potter, 1995;Herman et al, 1968) and hydrology (Castel and Courties, 1982;Mackas, 1992;Ryan et al, 1986). Regarding biological factors, citations range from food availability- (Deevey, 1971;Fulton, 1984;Herman et al, 1968;Ladurantaye and Lacroix, 1980;Mallin, 1991), predation and competition (Castel and Courties, 1982;Davis, 1984;Greenwood, 1981;Mackas, 1992;Morgado, 1993), growth rates (Fulton, 1984), mortality (Johnston and Nothcote, 1989) and behaviour sensu lato (Davis, 1984).…”