Growth of newly settled red drum Sciaenops ocellatus in different estuarine habitat types

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 238, Issue , 2002, Pages 227-236

  Stunz, Gregory W ^a   Minello, Thomas J ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^a  

^a Galveston National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Growth; Habitat; Habitat comparisons; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; OTOLITH;

GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA; OSTREIDAE; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037047748     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps238227     Document Type: Article

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