Abundance of fish and crustacean postlarvae on portable artificial seagrass units: Daily sampling provides quantitative estimates of the settlement of new recruits

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-216

  Kenyon, R A ^a   Haywood, M D E ^a   Heales, D S ^a   Loneragan, N R ^a   Pendrey, R C ^a   Vance, D J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial seagrass; Crustaceans; Fish; Penaeid prawns; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; FISH; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; FISH; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SHRIMP;

PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 0033555830     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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