Spatial and temporal variation in nearshore fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages from a temperate Australian estuary over a decade

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 253-268

  Jackson, G ^a   Jones, G K ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Community stability; Environmental influences; Estuarine fish; Southern Australia; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; PORT RIVER-BARKER INLET ESTUARY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ALDRICHETTA FORSTERI; ARENIGOBIUS BIFRENATUS; CRISTICEPS AUSTRALIS; HALETTA SEMIFASCIATA; HYPORHAMPHUS MELANOCHIR; HYPORHAMPHUS REGULARIS; NESOGOBIUS; PELATES OCTOLINEATUS; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA; SILLAGO SCHOMBURGKII; SPRATELLOIDES ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0033546292     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182253     Document Type: Article

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