Seasonal and annual variation in abundance of postlarval and juvenile grooved tiger prawns Penaeus semisulcatus and environmental variation in the Embley River, Australia: A six year study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 43-55

  Vance, D J ^a   Haywood, M D E ^a   Heales, D S ^a   Staples, D J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Annual variation; Environment; Juvenile; Penaeid; Postlarvae; Seagrass; Season

Indexed keywords

PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; DECAPODA;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GROOVED TIGER PRAWN; JUVENILE; JUVENILE PRAWN; POPULATION NUMBER; POPULATION SIZE; POSTLARVAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, EMBLEY RIVER;

EID: 0029669532     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135043     Document Type: Article

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