The relationships between fish assemblages and the amount of bottom horizontal beam exposed at California oil platforms: Fish habitat preferences at man-made platforms and (by inference) at natural reefs

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 542-549

  Love, Milton S ^a   York, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CORYPHOPTERUS NICHOLSI; RHINOGOBIOPS NICHOLSII; SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES ELONGATUS; SEBASTES LEVIS; SEBASTES MYSTINUS; SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS; ZALEMBIUS ROSACEUS;

EID: 33846996366     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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