Summer fish community of the coastal northern Gulf of Mexico: Characterization of a large-scale trawl survey

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 829-845

  Lewis, Michael ^a   Jordan, Stephen ^a   Chancy, Cynthia ^a   Harwell, Linda ^a   Goodman, Larry ^a   Quarles, Robert ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAPTURE METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FIELD SURVEY; SALINITY; TRAWLING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA MITCHILLI; ARIOPSIS (CATFISH); ARIUS; BREVOORTIA PATRONUS; CARNIVORA; ENGRAULIDAE; FELIS; LAGODON; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS;

EID: 34250187789     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-077.1     Document Type: Article

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