A telemetry experiment on spotted grunter Pomadasys commersonnii in an African estuary

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Kerwath, S E ^a,b   Gotz A ^a   Cowley, P D ^c   Sauer, W H H ^a   Attwood, C ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fish behaviour; Fish movement; Pomadasys commersonnii; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; MOVEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST KLEINEMONDE ESTUARY; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 28444454206     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320509504097     Document Type: Article

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