The Role of Mangroves in Retaining Penaeid Prawn Larvae in Klang Strait, Malaysia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Abstract
The mangrove-fringed Klang Strait, Malaysia, retains approximately 65 billion penaeid prawn larvae annually prior to their settlement in coastal nursery grounds. This phenomenon appears to be due principally to tidal currents and lateral trapping in mangrove-fringed channels, the wind playing an insignificant role.
Keywords
Hydrodynamics & dispersal modelling, Larval prawn abundance, Lateral trapping, Wind stress
Divisions
Science
Publication Title
Mangroves and Salt Marshes
Volume
1
Issue
1
Publisher
Kluwer (now part of Springer)
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