Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats: Concepts and applications

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 291-295

  Dahlgren, Craig P ^a   Kellison, G Todd ^b,j   Adams, Aaron J ^c   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^d   Kendall, Matthew S ^e   Layman, Craig A ^f   Ley, Janet A ^g   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^h   Serafy, Joseph E ⁱ  

^a Perry Institute for Marine Science   (United States)

^b Biscayne National Park   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^j SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Habitat; Juvenile; Nearshore; Nursery

Indexed keywords

FISH; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NURSERY GROUND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744488519     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps312291     Document Type: Article

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