Recruitment of juvenile marine fishes to seagrass habitat in a temperate Australian estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-51

  Hannan, J C ^a   Williams, R J ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH ASSEMBLAGE; FISH JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS BED;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE MACQUARIE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AMBASSIS; AMBASSIS JACAKSONIENSIS; AMBASSIS JACKSONIENSIS; ANIMALIA; ATHERINIDAE; ATHERINOMORUS OGILBYI; BLENNIIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; GERRES; GERRES SUBFASCIATUS; GOBIIDAE; HALOPHILA; MONACANTHIDAE; MUGILIDAE; MULLIDAE; PISCES; RHABDOSARGUS SARBA; SPARIDAE; SYNGNATHIDAE; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031918284     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352545     Document Type: Article

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