Characteristics of an urban fish assemblage: Distribution of fish associated with coastal marinas

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-33

  Clynick, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Estuaries; Fish; Marinas; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; MARINAS;

ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENTS;

FISH;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; MARINA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; GIRELLA TRICUSPIDATA; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROCANTHUS STRIGATUS; NONHUMAN; TRACHINOPS TAENIATUS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; GIRELLA TRICUSPIDATA; MICROCANTHUS STRIGATUS; TRACHINOPS TAENIATUS;

EID: 36248929950     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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