Distribution and abundance of American eels in the White Oak River estuary, North Carolina

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 693-710

  Hightower, Joseph E ^a   Nesnow, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 33846817107     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[693:DAAOAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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