Age and growth of larval and juvenile Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, from the middle atlantic bight and estuarine waters of Virginia

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 773-784

  Nixon, Stephen W ^a,b   Jones, Cynthia M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE GROWTH; ATLANTIC CROAKER; FISH JUVENILE; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; JUVENILES;

ATLANTIC, MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; USA, VIRGINIA;

MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0030821436     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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