The importance of artificial reef epifauna to black sea bass diets in the middle atlantic bight

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 433-439

  Steimle, Frank W ^a   Figley, William ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER IRRORATUS; CANCRIDAE; CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0029832267     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0433:TIOARE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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