Community structure of coastal fishes in relation to heavily impacted human modified habitats

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 511, Issue , 2004, Pages 113-123

  Jaafar, Z ^a   Hajisamae, S ^b   Chou, L M ^a   Yatiman, Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fish ecology; Juvenile fish; Mangrove; Modified coastal habitat; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OCEAN HABITATS;

FISH DENSITY; SANDY HABITATS;

FISHERIES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACENTROGOBIUS; AMBASSIS; AMBASSIS INTERRUPTA; ANODONTOSTOMA; ANODONTOSTOMA CHACUNDA; ARIUS; GOBIIDAE; LEIOGNATHUS; LEIOGNATHUS DECORUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCATOPHAGUS; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SILLAGO SIHAMA; STOLEPHORUS; THRYSSA; THRYSSA HAMILTONII;

EID: 1542351523     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000014034.27109.20     Document Type: Article

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