Assessment of a shell bank and associated substrates as nursery habitat of postsettlement red snapper

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 653-661

  Rooker, J R ^a   Landry Jr , A M ^a   Geary, B W ^a   Harper, J A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier reef; Bathymetric high; Growth; Mortality; Nursery ground; Red snapper; Shell bank

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; FISH; MORTALITY; NURSERY GROUND; SHELL BED; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 1642367504     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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