Depth, temperature and salinity preferences of newly recruited penaeid shrimps in Kuwait waters

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-138

  Ye, Yimin ^a   Mohammed, H M A ^a   Bishop, J M ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Environmental association; Kuwait; Shrimp fishery

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KUWAIT;

DECAPODA; PENAEUS SEMISULCATUS;

EID: 0032996328     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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