The seascape nursery: A novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 362-371

  Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Sheaves, Marcus ^b   Baker, Ronald ^b,c   Connolly, Rod M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem connectivity; Juvenile fauna; Mangrove; Ontogenetic migration; Salt marsh; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84920672612     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12057     Document Type: Article

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