Seasonal and spatial variation in the biomass and size frequency distribution of fish associated with oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 123-153

  Stanley, David R ^a   Wilson, Charles A ^b  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS; BALISTES CAPRISCUS; CARANX CRYSOS; CARANX LATUS; CHAETODIPTERUS FABER; EQUUS CABALLUS; KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PARANTHIAS FURCIFER; PISCES; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX; SERIOLA DUMERILI; SERIOLA RIVOLIANA; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 24344468791     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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