Estuarine use by spotted grunter Pomadasys commersonnii in a South African estuary, as determined by acoustic telemetry

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-132

  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

Environmental variables; Estuarine conservation; Estuarine dependence; Fish movement; Great Fish River

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; TELEMETERING;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAROMETRY; BIOTELEMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPACE USE; TAGGING; WIND DIRECTION;

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

POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 47549114055     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2008.30.1.12.462     Document Type: Article

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