Comparison of larval fish assemblages in three large estuarine systems, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Marine Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 527-541

  Harris, S A ^a,b   Cyrus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b Geographic Environmental Solutions   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; ESTUARY; FISH LARVA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL GROWTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TURBIDITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CROILIA MOSSAMBICA; GILCHRISTELLA AESTUARIA; GLOSSOGOBIUS CALLIDUS; STOLEPHORUS HOLODON;

EID: 0033792183     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000356     Document Type: Article

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