Distribution patterns of fishes in an eastern cape estuary and river with particular emphasis on the ebb and flow region

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 257-280

  Ter Morshuizen, L D ^a   Whitfield, A K ^a   Paterson, A W ^a  

^a JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

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EID: 85008771928     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359199609520610     Document Type: Article

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