Spatial variation in recruitment, growth, and feeding of postsettlement King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata, associated with seagrass beds of Port Phillip Bay, Australia

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 350-359

  Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Wheatley, Melissa J ^a   Poore, Alistair G B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPHILA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

FEEDING; GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, PORT PHILLIP BAY;

EID: 0029777740     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-195     Document Type: Article

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