Fish Utilisation of Wetland Nurseries with Complex Hydrological Connectivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Davis, Ben ^a   Johnston, Ross ^a   Baker, Ronald ^a   Sheaves, Marcus ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELOPS HAWAIENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; FISH; FISH CLASSIC NURSERY UTILIZATION; GERRES FILAMENTOSUS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; LEIOGNATHUS EQUULUS; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; SALINITY; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84869059900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049107     Document Type: Article

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