Diet composition of juvenile black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) from coastal nursery areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-452

  Brulé, Thierry ^a   Puerto Novelo, Enrique ^a   Pérez Díaz, Esperanza ^a   Renán Galindo, Ximena ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

MYCTEROPERCA BONACI;

EID: 28444451177     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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