Diet shifts of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus compechanus) with changes in habitat and fish size

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 366-375

  Szedlmayer, Stephen T ^a   Lee, Jason D ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barry A Vittor and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CEPHALOPODA; CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342417603     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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