Fish assemblages found in tidal-creek and seagrass habitats in the Suwannee River estuary

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-117

  Tuckey, Troy D ^a,b   Dehaven, Mark ^c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Division of Aquaculture ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EUCINOSTOMUS; FUNDULIDAE; GERREIDAE; HALOPHILA; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; MENIDIA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 33644674741     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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