Do shallow water habitats of an impacted coastal strait serve as nursery grounds for fish?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Hajisamae, S ^a,b   Chou, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Prince of Songkia University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Fish species; Nursery grounds; Shallow water habitat; Singapore; Tropical fish

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT USE; NURSERY GROUND; SHALLOW WATER; STRAIT;

JOHOR STRAIT; SINGAPORE;

AMBASSIS; AMBASSIS KOPSII; CHANNIDAE; LEIOGNATHIDAE; PLOTOSIDAE;

EID: 0037307041     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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