Temporal and spatial spawning patterns of the atlantic butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, in the South and Middle Atlantic bights

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 785-799

  Rotunno, Teresa ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC BUTTERFISH; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

ALTANTIC, MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; ATLANTIC, SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

PEPRILUS ALEPIDOTUS; PEPRILUS BURTI; PEPRILUS TRIACANTHUS;

EID: 0030868494     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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