Selective use of mangrove shorelines by snappers, grunts, and great barracuda

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 356, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-162

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta approach; Essential fish habitat; Great barracuda; Grunt; Habitat selection; Mangroves; Snapper

Indexed keywords

DELTA; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SHORELINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

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

EID: 42249104497     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07231     Document Type: Article

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