Do environmental factors influence the movement of estuarine fish? A case study using acoustic telemetry

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Childs, A R ^a   Cowley, P D ^b   Naesje T F ^c   Booth, A J ^a   Potts, W M ^b   Thorstad, E B ^c   Okland F ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

estuarine dependent; estuary; Pomadasys commersonnii; salinity; telemetry; temperature; turbidity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BIOTELEMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; GREAT FISH ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HAEMULIDAE; POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 41749105810     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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