Occurrence of larval and early juvenile fishes in the surf zone adjacent to two intermittently open estuaries, South Africa

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-359

  Strydom, Nadine A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Accumulation; Estuary dependence; Plumes; Recruitment; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SURF ZONE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ATHERINIDAE; MUGILIDAE; MYXUS; MYXUS CAPENSIS; PISCES; RHABDOSARGUS; SOLEIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 0038007825     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023949607821     Document Type: Article

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