Preliminary assessment of shallow water fish in three small intermittently open estuaries in southeastern Australia

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-321

  Griffiths, S P ^a   West, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Estuary, estuary management; Fish; Fish communities; Intermittently open

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ATHERINOSOMA MICROSTOMA; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; MYXUS ELONGATUS; PHILYPNODON GRANDICEPS; SILLAGO CILIATA;

EID: 0032727781     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.1999.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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