Trophic relationships between itinerant fish and crab larvae in a temperate Australian saltmarsh

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-199

  Mazumder, Debashish ^a   Saintilan, Neil ^b   Williams, Robert J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Rivers and Wetlands Unit   (Australia)

^c Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrowing crabs; Estuarine; Juvenile fish; Towra Point

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TOWRA POINT;

AMBASSIS JACKSONIENSIS; CHANDA LALA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIZA ARGENTEA; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGIL SIGNIFER; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 33644839178     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05040     Document Type: Article

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