Diel fish movements in the littoral zone of a temporarily closed South African estuary

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-70

  Becker, Alistair ^a   Cowley, Paul D ^a   Whitfield, Alan K ^a   Järnegren, Johanna ^b   Næsje, Tor F ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

DIDSON; Estuarine fish; Movement behaviour; Nursery habitats; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; AVOIDANCE REACTION; DIEL MIGRATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; REFUGE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SONAR; SWIMMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PISCES;

EID: 79959789345     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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