Fish and invertebrate assemblages in seagrass, mangrove, saltmarsh, and nonvegetated habitats

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-77

  Bloomfield, A L ^a   Gillanders, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ATHERINOSOMA MICROSTOMA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSTOMA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 15744398697     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02732754     Document Type: Article

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