Juvenile and small fishes in a mangrove estuary in Trang province, Thailand: Seasonal and habitat differences

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 447-457

  Ikejima, K ^a,b,d   Tongnunui, P ^c   Medej, T ^c   Taniuchi, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SRIVIJAYA   (Thailand)

^d ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Community; Estuarine habitat; Juveniles; Mangroves; Seasonal; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; SEASONALITY;

THAILAND; TRANG;

ATHERINIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; GERREIDAE; GOBIIDAE; LEIOGNATHIDAE; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0037647439     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00194-4     Document Type: Article

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