Factors influencing migration of Penaeus indicus in the Negombo lagoon on the west coast of Sri Lanka

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 351-363

  Jayawardane, P A A T ^a   Mclusky, D S ^b   Tytler, P ^b  

^a National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emigration; Juveniles; Lagoon; Negombo; P. indicus; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CRUSTACEAN; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

SRI LANKA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; PENAEIDAE; PENAEUS;

EID: 0037003782     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2002.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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