Linking environmental flows with the distribution of black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri eggs, larvae and prey in a drought affected estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 483, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-287

  Williams, Joel ^a   Jenkins, Greg P ^a,b   Hindell, Jeremy S ^c   Swearer, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copepod; Halocline; Ichthyoplankton; Larvae; Prey; Stratification; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LAGOON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; MITCHELL RIVER [QUEENSLAND]; QUEENSLAND;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; COPEPODA; GLADIOFERENS PECTINATUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PECTINATUS;

EID: 84878530725     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10280     Document Type: Article

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