Nearshore habitat use by gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus) and bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus): Environmental gradients and ontogenetic shifts

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-495

  Faunce, Craig H ^a   Serafy, Joseph E ^b  

^a Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; SEAGRASS; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

HAEMULIDAE; HAEMULON SCIURUS; LUTJANIDAE; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 34547187638     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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