Changes to demersal fish communities in Port Phillip Bay, Australia, over two decades, 1970-91

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-407

  Hobday, D K ^a   Officer, R A ^a,b   Parry, G D ^a  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMERSAL FISH; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; HALETTA SEMIFASCIATA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0032805457     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97088     Document Type: Article

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