The effects of vegetation density on the relative growth rates of juvenile pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides (Linneaus), in Big Lagoon, Florida

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-86

  Spitzer, Patricia M ^a   Mattila, Johanna ^a   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^a  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Habitat complexity; Pinfish; Predator efficiency; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GROWTH RATE; PREDATION;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DENSITY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

LAGODON RHOMDOIDES;

EID: 0034141652     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00130-6     Document Type: Article

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