Comparison of average larval fish vertical distributions among species exhibiting different transport pathways on the southeast United States continental shelf

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 728-736

  Hare, Jonathan A ^a,b   Govoni, John J ^a  

^a NOAA's Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

^b Northeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOPLANKTON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244492340     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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