Age, growth, distribution, and food habits of recently settled white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, off San Diego County, California

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 709-721

  Donohoe, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH; HABITAT; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE HISTORY; PAST-SETTLEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WHITE SEABASS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO;

ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS; METAMYSIDOPSIS ELONGATA; MYSIDACEA;

EID: 0030773147     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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