Discovery of stream-cling-goby assemblages (Stiphodon species) in the Australian wet tropics

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Ebner, Brendan C ^a   Thuesen, Paul ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STREAM; SURVEY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; GOBIIDAE; SICYOPTERUS MICRURUS; STIPHODON;

EID: 79955107731     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO10061     Document Type: Article

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