Distribution patterns of striped mullet Mugil cephalus in mangrove creeks, Zanzibar, Tanzania

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Mwandya, A W ^a   Mgaya, Y D ^b   Ohman M C ^c   Bryceson, I ^d   Gullstrom M ^c  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

East Africa; Marine embayment; Mugil cephalus; Population density; Spatial and seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; MICROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE; TELEOST;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

MUGIL CEPHALUS;

EID: 77956474616     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142321003714575     Document Type: Article

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