Linking fish assemblages and attributes of mangrove estuaries in tropical Australia: Criteria for regional marine reserves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-57

  Ley, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Estuaries; Fish assemblages; Great Barrier Reef; Habitat; Mangroves; Marine reserves; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MANGROVE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ARIIDAE; BELONIDAE; CARANGIDAE; CARCHARHINIDAE; HAEMULIDAE; MEGALOPIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 31844434995     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305041     Document Type: Article

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