Influences of salinity on growth and survival of juvenile pinfish Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Shervette, Virginia R ^a   Ibarra, Natalie ^a,b   Gelwick, Frances ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic alterations; Estuarine; Relative weight; Sparidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; PERCIFORM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; SPARIDAE;

EID: 33846179004     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9082-8     Document Type: Article

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