Fish settlement in the ocean vs. estuary: Comparison of pelagic larval and settled juvenile composition and abundance from southern New Jersey, U.S.A.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 280-290

  Able, Kenneth W ^a   Fahay, Michael P ^b   Witting, David A ^c   McBride, Richard S ^d   Hagan, Stacy M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Estuarine; Fishes; Metamorphosis; Ocean; Settlement

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; PELAGIC FISH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY MARGIN;

PISCES;

EID: 28844480935     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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