Importance of shoreface sand ridges as habitat for fishes off the northeast coast of the United States

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-107

  Vasslides, James M ^a   Able, Kenneth W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIIDAE; PARALICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; SERRANIDAE; STROMATEIDAE; TRIGLIDAE;

EID: 40949086058     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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