Fish community structure of the St Lucia Estuarine System under prolonged drought conditions and its potential for recovery after mouth breaching

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 568-579

  Vivier, Leon ^a   Cyrus, Digby P ^a   Jerling, Hendrik L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

drought; estuary; fish community; mouth closure; nursery function; recruitment; salinity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DROUGHT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPAWNING;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMBASSIS AMBASSIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 74749094582     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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