Habitat type influences the microhabitat preference of juvenile tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus Haswell and Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-403

  Kenyon, R A ^a   Loneragan, N R ^a   Hughes, J M ^b   Staples, D J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia coast; Habitat preference; Penaeus esculentus; Penaeus semisulcatus; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILES; MICROHABITAT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; TIGER PRAWN;

AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA;

CARPENTARIA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PENAEUS ESCULENTUS; PENAEUS MONODON; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 0031239278     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0194     Document Type: Article

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