A review of the macrobenthic fauna of the mhlathuze estuary: Setting the ecological reserve

Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-129

  Mackay, C F ^a   Cyrus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apseudes digitalis; Ecological Reserve; Freshwater flow; Macrobenthos; Marine embayment; Mhlathuze Estuary; Paratylodiplax blephariskios; Polychaetes; Sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347238184     PISSN: 10183469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10183469.1998.9631417     Document Type: Article

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