Do thermoclines explain the vertical distributions of larval fishes in the dynamic coastal waters of south-eastern Australia?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Gray, Charles A ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; THERMOCLINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY;

EID: 0029662775     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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