Factors influencing fish composition in an Australian intermittently open estuary. Is stability salinity-dependent?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 739-751

  Griffiths, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Economic species; Fisheries management; Lagoon; Resilience; Salinity; Seagrass; Zostera

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; SHELLHARBOUR LAGOON;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MYXUS ELONGATUS; PSEUDOGOBIUS OLORUM; PSEUDOMUGIL SIGNIFER; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 0034878954     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2000.0756     Document Type: Article

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