Temporal and spatial variability in recruitment of a temperate, seagrass-associated fish is largely determined by physical processes in the pre- and post-settlement phases

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 23-35

  Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Black, Kerry P ^b   Wheatley, Melissa J ^c   Hatton, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Juvenile fish; Physical processes; Recruitment variability; Seagrass habitat

Indexed keywords

FISH; KING GEORGE WHITING; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, PORT PHILLIP BAY;

SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

EID: 0030617774     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148023     Document Type: Article

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