Sampling larval fishes with a nightlight lift-net in tropical inshore waters

Fisheries Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Rooker, Jay R ^a,b   Dennis, George D ^a,c   Goulet, Denis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Larval fishes; Light traps; Lunar periodicity; Mangroves; Recruitment; Seagrass beds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; FISH LARVAE; NIGHTLIGHT LIFT-NET; SAMPLING;

PUERTO RICO, (SOUTHWESTERN);

EID: 0029767334     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7836(95)00407-6     Document Type: Article

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