Diurnal and tidal vertical migration of presettlement King George whiting Sillaginodes punctata in relation to feeding and vertical distribution of prey in a temperate bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 239-248

  Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Welsford, Dirk C ^b   Keough, Michael J ^b   Hamer, Paul A ^a  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diurnal vertical migration; Pre settlement fish; Selective tidal transport; Sillaginodes punctata; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; HALOPHILA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PERCIFORMES; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

EID: 0032480257     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps170239     Document Type: Article

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