Translocation of larval coral reef fishes via sub-mesoscale spin-off eddies from the Florida current

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 966-983

  Limouzy Paris, Claire B ^a,c   Graber, Hans C ^a   Jones, David L ^a   Röpke, Andreas W ^a   Richards, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FISH; FOOD WEB; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0031545463     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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