Interactive effects of habitat selection, food supply and predation on recruitment of an estuarine fish

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Levin, Phillip ^a   Petrik, Rachel ^a   Malone, John ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food limitation; Lagodon rhomboides; Predation; Recruitment; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT SELECTION; PINFISH; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

USA, TEXAS, GALVESTON BAY;

LAGODON RHOMBOIDES;

EID: 0030928103     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050283     Document Type: Article

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