The diet of juvenile Sillago sihama (Forsskal, 1775) from three estuarine systems in KwaZulu-Natal

Water SA

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Weerts, S P ^a   Cyrus, D P ^a   Forbes, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILLAGO SIHAMA;

EID: 0031047311     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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