Transport mechanisms of larval and pelagic juvenile bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) from South Atlantic Bight spawning grounds to Middle Atlantic Bight nursery habitats

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1264-1280

  Hare, Jonathan A ^a,b   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISCES; POMATOMIDAE; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 0030458889     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.6.1264     Document Type: Article

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