Description and ecology of larvae of Glossogobius callidus and Redigobius dewaali (Gobiidae) from temperate South African estuaries

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-251

  Strydom, Nadine A ^a   Neira, Francisco J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Freshwater abstraction; Gobiidae; Indicator species; Larval stages

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; LARVA; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

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

GLOSSOGOBIUS CALLIDUS; GOBIIDAE; REDIGOBIUS;

EID: 33750964508     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[240:DAEOLO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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