Do spatial differences in the abundance of two serranid fishes in estuaries of tropical Australia reflect long-term salinity patterns?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 39-49

  Sheaves, Marcus ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fish distribution; Salinity; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE FISH; ESTUARY; SALINITY; SALINITY EFFECTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL;

AUSTRALIA, (NORTHEAST);

EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; EPINEPHELUS MALABARICUS;

EID: 0029669624     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137039     Document Type: Article

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