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Elasmobranchs in southern Indonesian fisheries: the fisheries, the status of the stocks and management options
The biology of elasmobranchs makes them very vulnerable to fishing pressure and there is increasing international concern over their exploitation. In northern Australia the stocks of some species may be shared...
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Shared Stocks of Snappers (Lutjanidae) in Australia and Indonesia: Integrating Biology, Population Dynamics and Socio-Economics to Examine Management Scenarios
Joint Australia–Indonesia scientific workshops on the fisheries of the Arafura Sea, held in 1992 and 1994, concluded that the two countries might share stocks of the red snappers Lutjanus malabaricus and L. eryth...
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Predation on penaeid prawns by fishes in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria
Fishes were trawled from Albatross Bay, on the west coast of Cape York, north Queensland (12°45′S′; 141°30′E) during 4 yr, from August 1986 to April 1989. Penaeids were the first or second most important prey ...
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Biomasses, catch rates and abundances of demersal fishes, particularly predators of prawns, in a tropical bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
The demersal fish fauna of Albatross Bay, in the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, was sampled on seven cruises from August 1986 to November 1988, using a random stratified trawl survey. Four de...
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Diets of piscivorous fishes in a tropical Australian estuary, with special reference to predation on penaeid prawns
The diets of fish from the tropical Embley Estuary in the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, were analysed with particular reference to piscivory and predation on juveniles of commercially important penae...
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Species composition, community structure and zoogeography of fishes of mangrove estuaries in the Solomon Islands
Mangrove estuaries in the Solomon Islands are well developed, but are small and isolated from each other by extensive fringing coral reef lagoons. A total of 136 species of fish were recorded from 13 estuaries...
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Benthic and pelagic fish biomass of the upper continental slope off eastern Tasmania
Benthic and pelagic fishes were sampled east of Maria Island, Tasmania, at two-monthly intervals from April 1984 to June 1985, from the surface to the bottom (500 m depth), using commercial-sized trawls. Bioma...
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Feeding ecology of the piscivorous birds Phalacrocorax varius, P. melanoleucos and Sterna bergii in Moreton Bay, Australia: diets and dependence on trawler discards
The diets of three piscivorous bird species from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, were monitored for 14 mo from April 1986 to September 1987. Regurgitated pellets from Phalacrocorax varius (pied cormorant), P....
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Age and growth of the lanternfish Lampanyctodes hectoris (Myctophidae) from eastern Tasmania, Australia
The age, growth and mortality of the lanternfish Lampanyctodes hectoris (Gunther) were investigated by examining the otoliths, length-frequency data, and seasonal abundance of fish collected from continental slop...
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Reproductive biology of three species of midwater fishes associated with the continental slope of eastern Tasmania, Australia
The reproductive biology of Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876), Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789) and Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932, from continental-slope waters of eastern Tasmania, was examined between April...
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Diets of fishes of the upper continental slope of eastern Tasmania: content, calorific values, dietary overlap and trophic relationships
Diets of 15 species of demersal and pelagic fishes on the upper continental slope (420 to 550 m) were determined, based on samples taken every two months over 13 mo (April 1984 to April 1985) off eastern Tasma...
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Feeding ecology of three species of midwater fishes associated with the continental slope of eastern Tasmania, Australia
The feeding ecology of Maurolicus muelleri, Lampanyctodes hectoris and Diaphus danae was examined from samples collected from continental slope waters of eastern Tasmania between April 1984 and April 1985. A tota...
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Infratidal zonation in a deep South African Estuary
The infratidal zonation of animals in a 35 m deep fjord-like South African estuary is described. The barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin and the bivalve Musculus virgiliae Barnard form the uppermost zone and exten...
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Population size and mortality of juveniles of the marine teleost Rhabdosargus holubi (Pisces: Sparidae) in a closed estuary
The populations of juvenile Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner) present in a South-east African estuary which was closed off from the sea in 1971 and 1972 were estimated using mark-recapture techniques. The estuar...
