Nursery use of shallow habitats by epibenthic fishes in Maine nearshore waters

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Lazzari, M A ^a   Sherman, S ^a   Kanwit, J K ^a  

^a MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Estuarine fauna; Maine coast; Zostera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT USE; NURSERY GROUND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; APELTES QUADRACUS; CASCO; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CYLCOPTERUS LUMPUS; GADUS MORHUA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA LONGICRURIS; MACROAOARCES AMERICANUS; MICROCIONA PROLIFERA; MICROGADUS TOMCOD; MYOXOCEPHALUS AENAEUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PHYLLOPHORA; PISCES; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; QUADRACUS; ROSTRATA; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS; UROPHYCIS CHUSS; UROPHYCIS REGIA; UROPHYCIS TENUIS; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0037244937     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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