Diel variation in mangrove fish abundances and trophic guilds of northeastern Australian estuaries with a proposed trophodynamic model

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 681-720

  Ley, Janet A ^a   Halliday, Ian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Southern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIEL VARIATION; FISH; MANGROVE; PERCIFORM; TROPHIC STATUS;

CARANGIDAE; CENTROPOMIDAE; CYPRINOIDEA; ELEUTHEONEMA TETRADACTYLUM; HERKLOTSICHTHYS CASTELNAUI; LATES CALCARIFER; LEIOGNATHUS EQUULUS; MEGALOPS; PISCES; POLYNEMIDAE; THRYSSA;

EID: 34547188180     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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