Striking a balance between retaining populations of protected seahorses and maintaining swimming nets

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Harasti, David ^a   Glasby, Tim M ^a   Martin Smith, Keith M ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial structures; Epibiota; Habitat; Hippocampus abdominalis; Hippocampus whitei; Seahorses; Sydney

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BYCATCH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING; TELEOST;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ALGAE; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS ABDOMINALIS; HIPPOCAMPUS WHITEI; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 77649084653     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1066     Document Type: Article

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