Redefining the piscivore assemblage of shallow estuarine nursery habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 197-213

  Baker, Ronald ^a,b   Sheaves, Marcus ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Indooroopilly Sciences Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Estuary; Nursery ground; Ontogeny; Piscivory; Refuge

Indexed keywords

DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PISCIVORE; REFUGE;

PISCES;

EID: 19944419786     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291197     Document Type: Article

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