Spatial variation in the use of seagrass and unvegetated habitats by post-settlement King George whiting (Percoidei: Sillaginidae) in relation to meiofaunal distribution and macrophyte structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 219-229

  Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Hamer, Paul A ^a  

^a Marine and Freshwater Resour Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macrophyte structure; Meiofauna; Post settlement fish; Seagrass; Sillaginodespunctata; Spatial variation; Unvegetated sand

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; MACROPHYTE; MEIOFAUNA; POST-SETTLEMENT PROCESS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PERCOIDEI; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

EID: 0035915527     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224219     Document Type: Article

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