Importance of saltmarsh to fish species of a large south-eastern Australian estuary during a spring tide cycle

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 936-941

  Platell, Margaret E ^a   Freewater, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Crab zoeae; Mangroves; Resource partitioning; Size related changes.

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRAB; DETRITUS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PERCID; POLYCHAETE; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE WATER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AMBASSIS JACKSONIENSIS; ATHERINOSOMA MICROSTOMA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; NOTOSCOPELUS; POLYCHAETA; REDIGOBIUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 70349495225     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08164     Document Type: Article

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