Ingress of transformation stage gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) through Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 891-908

  Tzeng, Mimi W ^a,b   Hare, Jonathan A ^c   Lindquist, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c NOAA's Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTUARY; HATCHING; LUNAR CYCLE; MOVEMENT;

BEAUFORT INLET; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344064801     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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