Seasonal variation of ichthyoplankton in a western Caribbean bay system

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-392

  Vásquez Yeomans, Lourdes ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bahia de la Ascension; Fish larvae; Mexico; Spawning and nursery grounds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EGG DENSITY; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0041677462     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007695717652     Document Type: Article

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