Settlement and nursery habitats for demersal fishes on the continental shelf of the New York Bight

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-188

  Steves, Brian P ^a,b   Cowen, Robert K ^a   Malchoff, Mark H ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK SEA GRANT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEMERSAL FISH; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; NURSERY GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW YORK BIGHT;

ANIMALIA; LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; PISCES; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 0034005199     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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