Long-term residence of red snapper on artificial reefs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-325

  Szedlmayer, Stephen T ^a   Schroepfer, Rebecca L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SITE FIDELITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; MARTES;

EID: 18244372429     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-070.1     Document Type: Article

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