Variable habitat use by juvenile common snook, Centropomus undecimalis (Pisces: Centropomidae): Applying a life-history model in a southwest Florida estuary

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Stevens, Philip W ^a   Blewett, David A ^a   Poulakis, Gregg R ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM;

CHARLOTTE HARBOR; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

CENTROPOMIDAE; CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS; PISCES;

EID: 33947508952     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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