Temporal variation in species composition and abundance of fish and decapods of a tropical seagrass bed in Cockle Bay, North Queensland, Australia

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-134

  Kwak, Seok Nam ^a   Klumpp, David W ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leiognathus; Nursery function; Paratya; Rhynchocinetes; Seagrass biomass; Sillago

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COCKLE BAY; QUEENSLAND;

BRACHYCARPUS; DECAPODA; FAVONIGOBIUS; FAVONIGOBIUS REICHEI; HALOPHILA; LEIOGNATHUS; LEIOGNATHUS BINDUS; LETHRINUS; PAPILLOGOBIUS REICHEI; PARATYA; PELATES; PELATES SEXLINEATUS; PISCES; RHYNCHOCINETES; SILLAGO; SILLAGO MACULATA;

EID: 0742288283     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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