Habitat structure in soft-sediment environments and abundance of juvenile snapper Pagrus auratus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 273-280

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Schultz, Diane ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Talley, Drew ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile fish; New Zealand; Pagrus; Seafloor habitat; Sparidae; Sustainable fisheries

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; PAGRUS; PAGRUS AURATUS; SPARIDAE;

EID: 0037132715     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245273     Document Type: Article

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