Effects of intertidal elevation on the rockpool ichthyofaunas of temperate Australia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Griffiths, Shane P ^a,b   West, Ron J ^a   Davis, Andy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Littoral; Physiology; Supratidal; Tidepool; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELEVATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ROCK POOL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CLINIDAE; GIRELLA; GIRELLA ELEVATA; GOBIESOCIDAE; GOBIIDAE; KYPHOSIDAE; PISCES; TRIPTERYGIIDAE;

EID: 0345598943     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000003870.76842.d0     Document Type: Article

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