Determining an optimal release site for juvenile winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) in the Great Bay Estuary, NH, USA

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1374-1383

  Fairchild, Elizabeth A ^a   Fleck, Jennifer ^a   Howell, W Huntting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultured fish; Enhancement; Release site; Sediment; Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; GROWTH; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SURVIVAL;

GREAT BAY ESTUARY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OSTREIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 27244455737     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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