Fish fauna of dry tropical and subtropical estuarine floodplain wetlands

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 931-943

  Sheaves, Marcus ^a   Johnston, Ross ^a   Abrantes, Kátya ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Estuary; Faunal composition; Functional composition; Physical conditions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 35648987758     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06246     Document Type: Article

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