Does the endangered Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis, have a preference for aquatic vegetation type, cover or height?

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Teske, Peter R ^a   Lockyear, Jacqueline F ^a   Hecht, Thomas ^a   Kaiser, Horst ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caulerpa filiformis; Codium extricatum; Conservation; Halophila ovalis; Holdfast preference; Knysna seahorse; Ruppia cirrhosa; Zostera capensis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TELEOST; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

AFRICA; KNYSNA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA FILIFORMIS; CODIUM EXTRICATUM; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS CAPENSIS; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; TELEOSTEI; ZOSTERA CAPENSIS;

EID: 34249319103     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[23:DTEKSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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