Application of the nursery-role hypothesis to an estuarine fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 291, Issue , 2005, Pages 301-305

  Kraus, Richard T ^a   Secor, David H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake; Estuarine dependency; Habitat conservation; Nursery role; Otolith chemistry

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; OTOLITH;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PATUXENT ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MORONE AMERICANA;

EID: 19944365079     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps291301     Document Type: Article

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