Selection of estuarine habitats by juvenile gags in experimental mesocosms

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-83

  Levin, Phillip S ^a   Hay, Mark E ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MESOCOSM; REEF; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SHELTER;

UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; MICROLEPIS; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS; OSTREIDAE; PENAEIDAE; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0037237379     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2003)132<0076:SOEHBJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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