Sg12 :Utilization of mangroves and seagrasses by fishes in the Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka

Title: Sg12 :Utilization of mangroves and seagrasses by fishes in the Negombo Estuar...
Abstract: In two years of sampling, 10 287 fishes belonging to 62 species (39 families) were collected from mangroves and seagrasses of the Negombo Estuary. Of the species collected, 70% were marine, 27% estuarine and 3% freshwater. Aplocheilus melastigma, Ambassis dayi, Etroplus suratensis, E. maculatus, Bathygobius fuscus and Arothron immaculatus constituted 90% of the catch. Sixteen species were caught only from mangroves, 6 only from seagrasses, and 40 from both. The number of species, individua...
Publication Date: Oct. 19, 2017, 11:46 p.m.
Keywords: Seagrass , Coastal and Marine Sensitive habitat
Category: Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats; flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
Regions: M 5
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: Pinto, L. & Punchihewa, N.N. 1996 Utilization of mangroves and seagrasses by fishes in the Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka Marine Biology (1996) 126: 333.

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