Fish population size and movement patterns in a small intermittently open South African estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 10-20

  Lukey, J R ^a   Booth, A J ^a   Froneman, P W ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Estuarine fish; Fish movement modelling; Habitat selection; Intermittently open estuary; Mark recapture; Population size estimates; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LIZA RICHARDSONII; MONODACTYLUS FALCIFORMES; MYXUS CAPENSIS; RHABDOSARGUS HOLUBI;

EID: 32444434323     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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