Alternative nursery habitat for estuarine associated marine fish during prolonged closure of the St Lucia estuary, South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-125

  Vivier, Leon ^a   Cyrus, Digby P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

benthos; drought; feeding; Mfolozi; recruitment

Indexed keywords

BROOD STOCK; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FLOODPLAIN; GILLNET; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INFLOW; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFERENCE SAMPLE; SILTATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUGAR CANE; TELEOST; ZOOBENTHOS;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MFOLOZI RIVER; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMBASSIS DUSSUMIERI; AMBASSIS NATALENSIS; LEIOGNATHUS; SACCHARUM; VALAMUGIL CUNNESIUS;

EID: 70349751516     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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