An index for the management of South African estuaries for juvenile fish recruitment from the marine environment

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-436

  Quinn, N W ^a   Breen, C M ^a   Whitfield, A K ^b   Hearne, J W ^c  

^a Institute of Natural Resources   (South Africa)

^b JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Fish recruitment index; Juvenile fish; Management; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032748872     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1999.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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