Behavior of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, during the reproductive season: Laboratory and field observations on spawning, feeding, and locomotion

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 999-1016

  Stoner, Allan W ^a   Bejda, Allen J ^a   Manderson, John P ^a   Phelan, Beth A ^a   Stehlik, Linda L ^a   Pessutti, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATFISH; LOCOMOTION; SPAWNING;

UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0032737955     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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