Habitat utilization by fishes in a shallow, semi-enclosed estuarine bay in southern Gulf of Thailand

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 647-655

  Hajisamae, Sukree ^a   Yeesin, Pun ^a   Chaimongkol, Saweit ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

fish community; juvenile; nursery ground; South China Sea; tropical fish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATCH STATISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; FISH; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF THAILAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATTANI; PATTANI BAY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ARIIDAE; CENTROPOMIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; LEIOGNATHIDAE; PISCES; SIGANIDAE;

EID: 33744976800     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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