Assemblages and biogeography of demersal fishes of the east coast of North America

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1704-1738

  Mahon, Robin ^a   Brown, Stephen K ^b   Zwanenburg, Kees C T ^c   Atkinson, D Bruce ^d   Buja, Kenneth R ^b   Claflin, Larry ^b   Howell, Geoffrey D ^e   Monaco, Mark E ^b   O'Boyle, Robert N ^c   Sinclair, Michael ^c  

^a Fisheries and Environmental Consulting   (Barbados)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMERSAL FISH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC COAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031741007     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-065     Document Type: Article

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