Seasonal patterns in a temperate intertidal fish community on the west coast of South Africa

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-140

  Prochazka, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Density; Diversity; Seasonality; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL ZONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

SOUTH AFRICA, WEST COAST;

EID: 0029667742     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00005226     Document Type: Article

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