Fish assemblages associated with oil industry structures on the continental shelf of north-western Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 247-255

  Pradella, N ^a,b   Fowler, A M ^a   Booth, D J ^a   Macreadie, P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Decommissioning; Lutjanus argentimaculatus; Rigs to reefs; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

LUTJANUS ARGENTIMACULATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; DECOMMISSIONING; EQUIPMENT; FISH; LUTJANUS ARGENTIMACULATUS; MINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIGS-TO-REEFS; VIDEO ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; DECOMMISSIONING; LUTJANUS ARGENTIMACULATUS; RIGS-TO-REEFS; VIDEO ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOTA; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84891631468     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12274     Document Type: Article

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