Relationships between tropical coastal habitats and (offshore) fisheries

Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 533-564

  Blaber, Stephen J M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baitfish; Coral reefs; Fisheries; Management; Mangroves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855951393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2406-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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