Variability in the numbers of post-settlement King George whiting (Sillaginidae: Sillaginodes punctata, Cuvier) in relation to predation, habitat complexity and artificial cage structure

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-31

  Hindell, Jeremy S ^b,c   Jenkins, Gregory P ^c   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Queenscliff Marine Station   (Australia)

^c Marine/Freshwater Resources Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arripis truttacea; Cage experiment; Habitat complexity; Predation; Seagrass; Sillaginodes punctata; Temperate; Underwater video; Unvegetated sand

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FISH; FORAGING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SALMON; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ARRIPIDAE; ARRIPIS; ARRIPIS TRUTTA; CLUPEIDAE; HALOPHILA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PISCES; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

EID: 0036467467     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00368-9     Document Type: Article

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