Estuarine ichthyoplankton ecology in relation to hydrology and zooplankton dynamics in a salt-wedge estuary

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-111

  Newton, Gina M ^a,b  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b Sport Territories ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SALT-WEDGE ESTUARY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, HOPKINS ESTUARY;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; COPEPODA; MACQUARIA COLONORUM;

EID: 0029662756     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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