Shallow-water refuge paradigm: Conflicting evidence from tethering experiments in a tropical estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 349, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-22

  Baker, Ron ^a,b,c   Sheaves, Marcus ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursery; Predation; Refuge paradigm; Tropical estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; PREDATION; REFUGE; SHALLOW WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

PISCES;

EID: 36949003724     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07102     Document Type: Article

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