Distribution and community structure of ichthyoplankton in Laguna Madre seagrass meadows: Potential impact of seagrass species change

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 450-464

  Tolan, James M ^a,d   Holt, Scott A ^b   Onuf, Christopher P ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYMODOCEACEAE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; PISCES; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTION; FISH LARVA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; NURSERY HABITAT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

USA, TEXAS, LAGUNA MADRE;

EID: 0030619695     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352357     Document Type: Article

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