Spatial and temporal distribution of larval striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (M. Curema, Family: Mugilidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on mountain mullet, Agonostomus monticola

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-288

  Ditty, James G ^a   Shaw, Richard F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONOSTOMUS MONTICOLA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL CUREMA;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH LARVA; LARVAE; MOUNTAIN MULLET; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIPED MULLET; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MULLET;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0029669821     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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