Zooplanktivory by blue runner Caranx crysos: A potential energetic subsidy to Gulf of Mexico fish populations at petroleum platforms

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 167-180

  Keenan, Sean F ^a   Benfield, Mark C ^a   Shaw, Richard F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CARANX CRYSOS; CHAETOGNATHA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 24344501732     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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