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temperate Australian estuary over a decade. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 182: 253–268
Jenkins GP and Black KP (1994) Temporal variability in settlement of a coastal fish (Sillaginodes punctata) determined by
low-frequency hydrodynamics. Limnol Oceanogr 39: 1744–
1754
Jenkins GP and Sutherland CR (1997) The influence of habitat
structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: Colonisation and turnover rate of fishes
associated with artificial macrophyte beds of varying physical
structure. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 218: 103–125
Jenkins GP and Wheatley MJ (1998) The influence of habitat
structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: Comparison of shallow seagrass, reefalgal and unvegetated sand habitats, with emphasis on their
importance to recruitment. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 221: 147–
172
Jenkins GP and Hamer PA (2001) Spatial variation in the
use of seagrass and unvegetated habitats by post-settlement
King George whiting (Percoidei: Sillaginidae) in relation to
meiofaunal distribution and macrophyte structure. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 224: 219–229
Jenkins GP, Edgar GJH, May MA and Shaw C (1993) Ecological basis for parallel declines in seagrass habitat and catches
of commercial fish in Western Port Bay, Victoria. In: Hancock DA (ed) Sustainable Fisheries Through Sustaining Fish
Habitat, Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Victor Harbour, SA, 12–13 August. Bureau of Resource Sciences
Proceedings, Australian Government Publishing service, pp
124–136. Canberra
Jenkins GP, Wheatley MJ and Poore AGB (1996) Spatial variation in recruitment, growth, and feeding of postsettlement
King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata, associated with
seagrass beds of Port Phillip Bay, Australia. Can J Fisheries
Aquat Sci 53: 350–359
Jenkins GP, Black KP, Wheatley MJ and Hatton DN (1997a)
Temporal and spatial variability in recruitment of a temperate,
seagrass-associated fish is largely determined by physical processes in the pre- and post-settlement phases. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 148: 23–35
Jenkins GP, May HMA, Wheatley MJ and Holloway MG (1997b)
Comparison of fish assemblages associated with seagrass and
adjacent unvegetated habitats of Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia, with emphasis on commercial
species. Est Coast Shelf Sci 44: 569–588
Jenkins GP, Welsford DC, Keough MJ and Hamer PA (1998)
Diurnal and tidal vertical migration of presettlement King
George whiting Sillaginodes punctata in relation to feeding
and vertical distribution of prey in a temperate bay. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 170: 239–248
Jordan F, Bartolini M, Nelson C, Patterson PE and Soulen HL
(1997) Risk of predation affects habitat selection by the pinfish
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 208:
45–56
Kendrick GA, Aylward MJ, Hegge BJ, Cambridge ML, Hillman
K, Wyllie A and Lord DA (2002) Changes in seagrass coverage in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia between 1967 and
1999. Aquat Bot 73: 75–87
Kennedy BP, Folt CL, Blum JD and Chamberlain CP (1997)
Natural isotope markers in salmon. Nature 387: 766–
767
Koutsikopoulos C, Dorel D and Desaunay Y (1995) Movement
of sole (Solea solea) in the Bay of Biscay: Coastal environment
and spawning migration. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 75: 109–126
Laegdsgaard P and Johnson C (2001) Why do juvenile fish utilise
mangrove habitats. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 257: 229–253
Laegdsgaard P and Johnson CR (1995) Mangrove habitats as
nurseries: Unique assemblages of juvenile fish in subtropical
mangroves in eastern Australia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126: 67–81
Larkum AWD and West RJ (1990) Long-term changes of seagrass meadows in Botany Bay, Australia. Aquat Bot 37: 55–70
Lipcius RN and Van Engel WA (1990) Blue crab population
dynamics in Chesapeake Bay: Variation in abundance (York
River, 1972–1988) and stock recruit functions. Bull Mar Sci
46: 180–194
Loneragan NR, Bunn SE and Kellaway DM (1997) Are mangroves and seagrasses sources of organic carbon for penaeid
prawns in a tropical Australian estuary? A multiple stableisotope study. Mar Biol 130: 289–300
Loneragan NR, Kenyon RA, Staples DJ, Poiner IR and Conacher
CA (1998) The influence of seagrass type on the distribution
and abundance of postlarval and juvenile tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus and P. semisulcatus) in the western Gulf of
Carpentaria, Australia. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 228: 175–195
Lubbers L, Boynton WR and Kemp WM (1990) Variations in
structure of estuarine fish communities in relation to abundance of submersed vascular plants. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 65:
1–14
MacArthur LD and Hyndes GA (2001) Differential use of seagrass assemblages by a suite of Odacid species. Est Coast Shelf
Sci 52: 79–90
MacDonald CM (1992) Fluctuations in seagrass habitats and
commercial fish catches in Westernport Bay and the Gippsland
Lakes, Victoria. In: Hancock DA (ed) Recruitment Processes,
pp 192–201. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra
Matheson RE, Camp DK, Sogard SM and Bjorgo KA (1999)
Changes in seagrass-associated fish and crustacean communities on Florida Bay mud banks: The effects of recent ecosystem
changes? Estuaries 22: 534–551
McLaughlin PA, Treat SAF, Thorhaug A and Lemaitre R (1983)
A restored seagrass (Thalassia) bed and its animal community.
Environ Conserv 10: 247–254
McNeill SE and Fairweather PG (1993) Single large or several
small marine reserves? An experimental approach with seagrass fauna. J Biogeogr 20: 429–440
McNeill SE, Worthington DG, Ferrell DJ and Bell JD (1992)
Consistently outstanding recruitment of five species of fish to
a seagrass bed in Botany Bay, NSW. Aust J Ecol 15: 360–367
Melville AJ and Connolly RM (2003) Spatial analysis of stable
isotope data to determine primary sources of nutrition for fish.
Oecologia 136: 499–507
Meng L, Gray C, Taplin B and Kupcha E (2000) Using winter flounder growth rates to assess habitat quality in Rhode
Island’s coastal lagoons. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 201: 287–299
Meyer DL, Fonseca MS, Murphey PL, McMichael RH, Byerly MM, Lacroix MW, Whitfield PE and Thayer GW (1999)
Effects of live-bait shrimp trawling on seagrass beds and fish
bycatch in Tampa Bay, Florida. Fishery Bull 97: 193–199
Micheli F and Peterson CH (1999) Estuarine vegetated habitats
as corridors for predator movements. Conserv Biol 13: 869–
881
533
temperate Australian estuary over a decade. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 182: 253–268
Jenkins GP and Black KP (1994) Temporal variability in settlement of a coastal fish (Sillaginodes punctata) determined by
low-frequency hydrodynamics. Limnol Oceanogr 39: 1744–
1754
Jenkins GP and Sutherland CR (1997) The influence of habitat
structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: Colonisation and turnover rate of fishes
associated with artificial macrophyte beds of varying physical
structure. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 218: 103–125
Jenkins GP and Wheatley MJ (1998) The influence of habitat
structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: Comparison of shallow seagrass, reefalgal and unvegetated sand habitats, with emphasis on their
importance to recruitment. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 221: 147–
172
Jenkins GP and Hamer PA (2001) Spatial variation in the
use of seagrass and unvegetated habitats by post-settlement
King George whiting (Percoidei: Sillaginidae) in relation to
meiofaunal distribution and macrophyte structure. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 224: 219–229
Jenkins GP, Edgar GJH, May MA and Shaw C (1993) Ecological basis for parallel declines in seagrass habitat and catches
of commercial fish in Western Port Bay, Victoria. In: Hancock DA (ed) Sustainable Fisheries Through Sustaining Fish
Habitat, Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop, Victor Harbour, SA, 12–13 August. Bureau of Resource Sciences
Proceedings, Australian Government Publishing service, pp
124–136. Canberra
Jenkins GP, Wheatley MJ and Poore AGB (1996) Spatial variation in recruitment, growth, and feeding of postsettlement
King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata, associated with
seagrass beds of Port Phillip Bay, Australia. Can J Fisheries
Aquat Sci 53: 350–359
Jenkins GP, Black KP, Wheatley MJ and Hatton DN (1997a)
Temporal and spatial variability in recruitment of a temperate,
seagrass-associated fish is largely determined by physical processes in the pre- and post-settlement phases. Mar Ecol Prog
Ser 148: 23–35
Jenkins GP, May HMA, Wheatley MJ and Holloway MG (1997b)
Comparison of fish assemblages associated with seagrass and
adjacent unvegetated habitats of Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia, with emphasis on commercial
species. Est Coast Shelf Sci 44: 569–588
Jenkins GP, Welsford DC, Keough MJ and Hamer PA (1998)
Diurnal and tidal vertical migration of presettlement King
George whiting Sillaginodes punctata in relation to feeding
and vertical distribution of prey in a temperate bay. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 170: 239–248
Jordan F, Bartolini M, Nelson C, Patterson PE and Soulen HL
(1997) Risk of predation affects habitat selection by the pinfish
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 208:
45–56
Kendrick GA, Aylward MJ, Hegge BJ, Cambridge ML, Hillman
K, Wyllie A and Lord DA (2002) Changes in seagrass coverage in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia between 1967 and
1999. Aquat Bot 73: 75–87
Kennedy BP, Folt CL, Blum JD and Chamberlain CP (1997)
Natural isotope markers in salmon. Nature 387: 766–
767
Koutsikopoulos C, Dorel D and Desaunay Y (1995) Movement
of sole (Solea solea) in the Bay of Biscay: Coastal environment
and spawning migration. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 75: 109–126
Laegdsgaard P and Johnson C (2001) Why do juvenile fish utilise
mangrove habitats. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 257: 229–253
Laegdsgaard P and Johnson CR (1995) Mangrove habitats as
nurseries: Unique assemblages of juvenile fish in subtropical
mangroves in eastern Australia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126: 67–81
Larkum AWD and West RJ (1990) Long-term changes of seagrass meadows in Botany Bay, Australia. Aquat Bot 37: 55–70
Lipcius RN and Van Engel WA (1990) Blue crab population
dynamics in Chesapeake Bay: Variation in abundance (York
River, 1972–1988) and stock recruit functions. Bull Mar Sci
46: 180–194
Loneragan NR, Bunn SE and Kellaway DM (1997) Are mangroves and seagrasses sources of organic carbon for penaeid
prawns in a tropical Australian estuary? A multiple stableisotope study. Mar Biol 130: 289–300
Loneragan NR, Kenyon RA, Staples DJ, Poiner IR and Conacher
CA (1998) The influence of seagrass type on the distribution
and abundance of postlarval and juvenile tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus and P. semisulcatus) in the western Gulf of
Carpentaria, Australia. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 228: 175–195
Lubbers L, Boynton WR and Kemp WM (1990) Variations in
structure of estuarine fish communities in relation to abundance of submersed vascular plants. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 65:
1–14
MacArthur LD and Hyndes GA (2001) Differential use of seagrass assemblages by a suite of Odacid species. Est Coast Shelf
Sci 52: 79–90
MacDonald CM (1992) Fluctuations in seagrass habitats and
commercial fish catches in Westernport Bay and the Gippsland
Lakes, Victoria. In: Hancock DA (ed) Recruitment Processes,
pp 192–201. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra
Matheson RE, Camp DK, Sogard SM and Bjorgo KA (1999)
Changes in seagrass-associated fish and crustacean communities on Florida Bay mud banks: The effects of recent ecosystem
changes? Estuaries 22: 534–551
McLaughlin PA, Treat SAF, Thorhaug A and Lemaitre R (1983)
A restored seagrass (Thalassia) bed and its animal community.
Environ Conserv 10: 247–254
McNeill SE and Fairweather PG (1993) Single large or several
small marine reserves? An experimental approach with seagrass fauna. J Biogeogr 20: 429–440
McNeill SE, Worthington DG, Ferrell DJ and Bell JD (1992)
Consistently outstanding recruitment of five species of fish to
a seagrass bed in Botany Bay, NSW. Aust J Ecol 15: 360–367
Melville AJ and Connolly RM (2003) Spatial analysis of stable
isotope data to determine primary sources of nutrition for fish.
Oecologia 136: 499–507
Meng L, Gray C, Taplin B and Kupcha E (2000) Using winter flounder growth rates to assess habitat quality in Rhode
Island’s coastal lagoons. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 201: 287–299
Meyer DL, Fonseca MS, Murphey PL, McMichael RH, Byerly MM, Lacroix MW, Whitfield PE and Thayer GW (1999)
Effects of live-bait shrimp trawling on seagrass beds and fish
bycatch in Tampa Bay, Florida. Fishery Bull 97: 193–199
Micheli F and Peterson CH (1999) Estuarine vegetated habitats
as corridors for predator movements. Conserv Biol 13: 869–
881