Distribution patterns of fishes in a freshwater deprived Eastern Cape estuary, with particular emphasis on the geographical headwater region

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Whitfield, A K ^a   Paterson, A W ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINE WATER;

FISH SPECIES;

FISHERIES;

ESTUARY; FISH; HEADWATER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARGYROSOMUS JAPONICUS; KOBUS KOB; MYXUS CAPENSIS; PISCES; POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 0037276990     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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