Interannual variation in larval abundance and growth in snapper Chrysophrys auratus (Sparidae) is related to prey availability and temperature

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 487, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-162

  Murphy, Hannah M ^a,b,d   Jenkins, Gregory P ^a   Hamer, Paul A ^c   Swearer, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Marine Science Consortium ^*  (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chrysophrys auratus; Larval growth; Otolith; Recruitment; Snapper

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84881080172     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10388     Document Type: Article

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