The ichthyoplankton of selected estuaries in Sarawak and Sabah: Composition, distribution and habitat affinities

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Blaber, S J M ^a   Farmer, M J ^a   Milton, D A ^a   Pang, J ^b   Boon Teck, O ^b   Wong, P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Min of Agric and Comm Devmt   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distribution; Estuaries; Habitat affinities; Ichthyoplankton; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH LARVA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON;

MALAYSIA; SABAH; SARAWAK;

CLUPEIDAE; GOBIIDAE; TENUALOSA TOLI;

EID: 0031214684     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0174     Document Type: Article

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