Some aspects of the biology of three fish species from the seagrass beds at Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Cybium

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Almeida, Armando J ^b   Marques, Afonso ^b   Saldanha, Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apogon nigripinnis; Apogonidae; Diet; ISW; Mozambique; Scaridae Leptoscarus vaigiensis; Seagrass habitat; Siganidae; Siganus sutor; Spawning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033620036     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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