Anguilliform larvae collected off North Carolina

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-695

  Ross, Steve W ^a,b   Casazza, Tara L ^a   Quattrini, Andrea M ^a   Sulak, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EEL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEW RECORD; OPEN OCEAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRAWL NET; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE FEAR BASIN; CAPE HATTERAS; CAPE LOOKOUT; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; ONSLOW BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ARIOSOMA BALEARICUM; CALLECHELYS MURAENA; CONGRIDAE; GYMNOTHORAX OCELLATUS; LETHARCHUS; MURAENIDAE; OPHICHTHIDAE; OPHICHTHUS CRUENTIFER; OPHICHTHUS GOMESII; PARACONGER CAUDILIMBATUS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 33845632439     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0388-z     Document Type: Article

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