The across-shelf larval, postlarval, and juvenile fish assemblages collected at offshore oil and gas platforms west of the Mississippi River delta

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 39-72

  Hernandez Jr , Frank J ^a,d   Shaw, Richard F ^a   Cope, Joseph S ^b   Ditty, James G ^c   Farooqi, Talat ^a   Benfield, Mark C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; CARANGIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SYNODONTIDAE;

EID: 24344497448     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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