Biodiversity patterns of littoral tidal river fishes in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of Mississippi

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-16

  Rakocinski, Chet F ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^a   Vanderkooy, Steven J ^a   Crego, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH COMMUNITY; LITTORAL ZONE; TIDAL RIVER;

USA, MISSISSIPPI, GULF COASTAL PLAIN;

EID: 0031398836     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.1501.02     Document Type: Article

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