Catch-per-unit-effort, environmental conditions and spawning migration of Cycleptus meridionalis Burr and Mayden in two coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 414-421

  Peterson, Mark S ^a,b   Nicholson, Larry C ^b   Fulling, Gregory L ^b   Snyder, Douglas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Mississippi Department of Marine Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RIVER; SPAWNING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

CYCLEPTUS ELONGATUS; CYCLEPTUS MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 0034028407     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0414:CPUEEC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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