Role of physical refugia: Implications from a mass sponge die-off in a lobster nursery in Florida

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Herrnkind, William F ^a   Butler IV, Mark J ^b   Hunt, John H ^c   Childress, Michael ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEBACK; HABITAT USE; LOBSTER; RECRUITMENT; REFUGIUM; SPONGE;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; USA;

DECAPODA; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 0031401965     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF97193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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