Abundance, seasonality, community indices, trends and relationships with physicochemical factors of trawled fish in upper Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 739-763

  Fraser, Thomas H ^a  

^a W Dexter Bender and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HABITAT USE; SEASONALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA MITCHILLI; ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; PISCES;

EID: 0031545757     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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