Manipulating artificial habitats to benefit seahorses in Sydney Harbour, Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 582-589

  Hellyer, Christopher B ^a   Harasti, David ^b   Poore, Alistair G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW Marine Parks Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Ecological engineering; Hippocampus whitei; Mobile epifauna; Seahorses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PREY AVAILABILITY; RED LIST; TELEOST; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR;

AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS WHITEI;

EID: 80053298529     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1217     Document Type: Article

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