Implications of spatial variability of fish assemblages for monitoring of Australia's tropical estuaries

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-356

  Sheaves, Marcus ^a   Johnston, Ross ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; CPUE; Environmental change; Estuary; Fish; Monitoring; Probability of encounter; Similarities

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955912752     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1093     Document Type: Article

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