Patterns of small fish distributions in seagrass beds in a temperate Australian estuary

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1297-1307

  Jelbart, Jane E ^a   Ross, Pauline M ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; JUVENILE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAGRASS; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 35349023207     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407053283     Document Type: Article

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