Evidence for secondary planktonic transport of post-larvae of seagrass-associated King George whiting

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1226-1241

  Moran, S M ^a,c   Jenkins, G P ^a,b   Keough, M J ^a   Hindell, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Marine/Freshwater Resources Inst   (Australia)

^c VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

King george whiting; Post larvae; S. Punctata; Seagrass; Secondary dispersal; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PLANKTON; SEAGRASS; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

COPEPODA; HALOPHILA; HARPACTICOIDA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SILLAGINODES PUNCTATA;

EID: 2442709216     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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