Environmental variability in seagrass meadows: Effects of nursery environment cycles on growth and survival in larval red drum Sciaenops ocellatus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 321, Issue , 2006, Pages 41-53

  Perez Dominguez, Rafael ^a,b   Holt, Scott A ^a   Holt, G Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diel rhythms; Fish larvae; Growth; Hypoxia; Nursery quality; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SURVIVAL;

SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 33749600957     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps321041     Document Type: Article

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