First field studies of an Endangered South African seahorse, Hippocampus capensis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Bell, Elanor M ^a,c   Lockyear, Jacqueline F ^b   McPherson, Jana M ^a,d   Marsden, A Dale ^a,e   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Behaviour; Distribution; Knysna Estuary; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS CAPENSIS; ZOSTERA CAPENSIS;

EID: 0038041105     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024440717162     Document Type: Article

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