Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use by fishes associated with Sargassum mats in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-99

  Wells, R J David ^a,b   Rooker, Jay R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL MAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; NURSERY GROUND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ABUDEFDUF; ABUDEFDUF SAXATILIS; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BALISTES; BALISTES CAPRISCUS; CARANX; CARANX CRYSOS; HISTRIO HISTRIO; MONACANTHUS; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SERIOLA; SERIOLA DUMERILI; STEPHANOLEPIS HISPIDUS; SYNGNATHUS; SYNGNATHUS LOUISIANAE;

EID: 2042431250     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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