Experimental studies of competition in salt marsh juvenile fish (Fundulus heteroclitus Linnaeus) and shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis) in laboratory microcosms

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Cross, Randall E ^a   Stiven, Alan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Fish; Fundulus heteroclitus; Microcosms; Palaemonetes pugio; Shrimp

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; DECAPODA;

COMPETITION; FISH; GRASS SHRIMP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KILLIFISH; MICROCOSM; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SHRIMP;

EID: 0030618560     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02739-6     Document Type: Article

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