Habitat utilisation by juveniles of commercially important fish species in a marine embayment in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Lugendo, Blandina R ^a,b   Pronker, Annelies ^b   Cornelissen, Ilse ^b   De Groene, Arjan ^b   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^b   Dorenbosch, Martijn ^b   Van Der Velde, Gerard ^b   Mgaya, Yunus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Habitat utilization; Indian Ocean; Juvenile fish; Mangrove; Seagrass bed; Tropical fish

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HABITAT USE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

CHEILIO INERMIS; GERRES; HALOPHILA; HIPPOSCARUS HARID; LEPTOSCARUS VAIGIENSIS; LETHRINUS LENTJAN; LETHRINUS VARIEGATUS; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; MONODACTYLUS ARGENTEUS; PELATES QUADRILINEATUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCOLOPSIS GHANAM; SIGANUS SUTOR; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 22544483870     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2005016     Document Type: Article

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