Choice chamber experiments to test the attraction of postflexion Rhabdosargus holubi larvae to water of estuarine and riverine origin

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-149

  James, Nicola C ^a   Cowley, Paul D ^b   Whitfield, Alan K ^b   Kaiser, Horst ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

estuaries; olfactory cues; postlarval recruitment; Rhabdosargus holubi

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; IMMIGRATION; LARVA; OLFACTORY CUE; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; KOWIE ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PISCES; RHABDOSARGUS HOLUBI;

EID: 39449112503     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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