Effects of live-bait shrimp trawling on seagrass beds and fish bycatch in Tampa Bay, Florida

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Meyer, David L ^a   Fonseca, Mark S ^a   Murphey, Patricia L ^a   McMichael Jr , Robert H ^b   Byerly, Michael M ^b   LaCroix, Michael W ^a   Whitfield, Paula E ^a   Thayer, Gordon W ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS DUORARUM; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0032897549     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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