Settlement and density of juvenile fish assemblages in natural, Zostera capricorni (Zosteraceae) and artificial seagrass beds

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Upston, Judy ^a,b   Booth, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Fauna; Habitat; Migration; Recruitment; Sparidae

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALIA;

HALOPHILA; MICROCANTHUS STRIGATUS; PISCES; RHABDOSARGUS; RHABDOSARGUS SARBA; SPARIDAE; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0037722961     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023246427710     Document Type: Article

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