Shallow water predation risk for a juvenile flatfish (winter flounder; Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Walbaum) in a northwest Atlantic estuary

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-157

  Manderson, John P ^a   Pessutti, Jeffrey ^a   Hilbert, John G ^a   Juanes, Francis ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile fish mortality; Nursery habitat quality; Predation refuge; Tethering

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ESTUARY; FLATFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; SHALLOW WATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 2342646303     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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