Home range of an estuarine-dependent fish species Pomadasys commersonnii in a South African estuary

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 441-448

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

Acoustic telemetry; Estuarine protected areas; Fisheries management; Site fidelity; Spotted grunter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; PERCIFORM; PROTECTED AREA; SITE FIDELITY;

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

HAEMULIDAE; POMADASYS COMMERSONNII;

EID: 54949140349     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00636.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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