Patterns of abundance and size structure in the blue groper, Achoerodus viridis (Pisces, Labridae): Evidence of links between estuaries and coastal reefs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-173

  Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

movement; recruitment; reef fish; size frequency; temperate

Indexed keywords

ACHOERODUS VIRIDIS; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

ABUNDANCE; BLUE GROPER; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; NURSERY AREA; NURSERY AREAS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RECRUITMENT; REEF FISH; SIZE STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030618194     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007315201690     Document Type: Article

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