Juvenile fish assemblages collected on unconsolidated sediments of the southeast United States continental shelf

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-277

  Walsh, Harvey J ^a,b   Marancik, Katrin E ^a   Hare, Jonathan A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COHESIONLESS SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; JUVENILE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; TRANSECT;

GEORGIA; GRAY'S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747494106     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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