Habitat utilization by small flatfishes in a North Carolina estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 803-813

  Walsh, Harvey J ^a   Peters, David S ^a   Cyrus, Digby P ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLATFISH; HABITAT USE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACHIRIDAE; ANCYLOPSETTA OMMATA; ANCYLOPSETTA QUADROCELLATA; ANIMALIA; CITHARHICHTHYS MACROPS; CITHARICHTHYS MACROPS; CITHARICHTHYS SPILOPTERUS; CYNOGLOSSIDAE; ETROPUS CROSSOTUS; PARALICHTHYIDAE; PARALICHTHYS ALBIGUTTA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS; SYMPHURUS PLAGIUSA; TRINECTES MACULATUS; TRINETES; TRINETES MACULATUS;

EID: 0032745391     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353113     Document Type: Article

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