Ichthyoplankton community structure in a shallow subtropical estuary of the Florida Atlantic Coast

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-293

  Reyier, Eric A ^a   Shenker, Jonathan M ^b  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COASTAL LAGOON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIIDAE; MENTICIRRHUS AMERICANUS; SCIAENIDAE; SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 34247887501     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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