Codition of larval juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) from estaurine nursery habitats

Marine Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-394

  Rooker, J R ^a   Holt, G J ^a   Holt, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0031040716     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050025     Document Type: Article

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