Rockpool ichthyofaunas of temperate Australia: Species composition, residency and biogeographic patterns

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-186

  Griffiths, Shane P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Economic species; Epinephelus daemelii; Indo Pacific; Littoral; New South Wales; Nursery; Subtidal; Tidepool

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROCK POOL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BATHYGOBIUS COCOSENSIS; BLENNIIDAE; CHAETODON AURIGA; CLINIDAE; COTTIDAE; ENNEAPTERYGIUS; ENNEAPTERYGIUS RUFOPILEUS; EPINEPHELUS DAEMELII; GIRELLA ELEVATA; GOBIESOCIDAE; GOBIIDAE; KUHLIA MUGIL; LEPIDOBLENNIUS HAPLODACTYLUS; MUGIL; PHOLIDAE; PISCES; SCORPAENIDAE; STICHAEIDAE; TRIPTERYGIIDAE;

EID: 0042481459     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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