The role of estuarine type in characterizing early stage fish assemblages in warm temperate estuaries, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-43

  Strydom, N A ^a   Whitfield, A K ^b   Wooldridge, T H ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b S African Inst for Aquatic B   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Estuary type; Fish larvae; Mesohaline region

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLUPEIDAE; GOBIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0038007448     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2003.11657192     Document Type: Article

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