Effects of salinity on survival, growth, metabolism, and behavior in juvenile hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus fasciatus (Achiridae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-331

  Peterson Curtis, Tanya L ^a,b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Life history pattern; Migration; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

TRINECTES MACULATUS; TRINECTES MACULATUS FASCIATUS;

ESTUARINE FISH; JUVENILES; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLIC RATE; MIGRATION; SALINITY; SALINITY EFFECTS; SOUTHERN HOGCHOKER;

EID: 0030618709     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007361417759     Document Type: Article

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