Vertical distribution and the role of physical processes in the feeding dynamics of two larval sciaenids Sciaenops ocellatus and Cynoscion nebulosus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 193, Issue , 2000, Pages 181-190

  Holt, G Joan ^a   Holt, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal migration; Gut contents; Larval transport; Microzooplankton prey; Recruitment; Red drum; Spotted seatrout; Tides

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARANSAS BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS; THORACICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034723895     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps193181     Document Type: Article

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