The larval fish assemblage in nearshore coastal waters off the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 789-811

  Harris, S A ^a   Cyrus, D P ^a   Beckley, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developmental stages; Environmental conditions; Fish larvae; Nearshore coastal waters; St Lucia Estuary; Temporal and spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ST LUCIA ESTUARY;

BENTHOSEMA FIBULATUM; MYCTOPHIDAE; TRIPTERYGIIDAE;

EID: 0033394137     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0554     Document Type: Article

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