Partial life history of southern hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus fasciatus, in the Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Peterson Curtis, Tanya L ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FISH; ESTUARY; HOGCHOKER; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUBSPECIES;

USA, MISSISSIPPI, BILOXI;

TRINECTES MACULATUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 0030418032     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.1402.04     Document Type: Article

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