Settlement, growth, and movement of silver hake Merluccius bilinearis in nursery habitat on the New York Bight continental shelf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 196, Issue , 2000, Pages 279-290

  Steves, Brian P ^a,b   Cowen, Robert K ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Growth; Habitat; Juvenile; Merluccius bilinearis; Nursery; Otolith

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GROWTH; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW YORK BIGHT;

MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0034682024     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps196279     Document Type: Article

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