Assessing patterns of fish zonation in temperate mangroves, with emphasis on evaluating sampling artefacts

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 290, Issue , 2005, Pages 193-205

  Hindell, Jeremy S ^a,b   Jenkins, Gregory P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intertidal; Mangroves; Mudflat; Pop nets; Survey; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZONATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARENIGOBIUS; ATHERINIDAE; FAVONIGOBIUS LATERALIS; GOBIIDAE; HALOPHILA; MICROSTOMA; MUGILOGOBIUS; PISCES; PSEUDOGOBIUS OLORUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA; TETRACTENOS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 18844408407     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps290193     Document Type: Article

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