The distribution of nearshore fishes in kelp and eelgrass communities in Prince William Sound, Alaska: Associations with vegetation and physical habitat characteristics

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-287

  Dean, Thomas A ^a   Haldorson, Lewis ^b   Laur, David R ^c   Jewett, Stephen C ^d   Blanchard, Amy ^d  

^a Coastal Resources Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarum cribrosum; Cod; Greenlings; Gunnels; Laminaria spp.; Nereocystis luetkeana; Pricklebacks; Rockfishes; Ronquils; Sculpins

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; PHOLIS LAETA; STICHAEUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0034088106     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007652730085     Document Type: Article

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