How far do prawns and fish move into mangroves? Distribution of juvenile banana prawns Penaeus merguiensis and fish in a tropical mangrove forest in northern Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Vance, D J ^a   Haywood, M D E ^a   Heales, D S ^a   Kenyon, R A ^a   Loneragan, N R ^a   Pendrey, R C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fish; Intertidal; Mangroves; Penaeid; Stake net

Indexed keywords

PENAEUS MERGUIENSIS; CERIOPS TAGAL; DECAPODA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA;

BANANA PRAWN; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; FISH; MANGROVE; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SWAMPS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE;

AUSTRALIA, (NORTHERN);

EID: 0029667788     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131115     Document Type: Article

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