Consistency of temporal and habitat-related differences among assemblages of fish in coastal lagoons

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-414

  Gray, Charles A ^a,b   Rotherham, Douglas ^a   Johnson, Daniel D ^a  

^a Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage composition; Biodiversity; Estuary; Ichthyofauna; Multimesh gillnet; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82955220544     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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