White seabass spawning behavior and sound production

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 542-550

  Aalbers, Scott A ^a,b,c   Drawbridge, Mark A ^b  

^a HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOACOUSTICS; COURTSHIP; MOORING SYSTEM; PERCIFORM; SIGNALING; SPAWNING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 43449103644     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-058.1     Document Type: Article

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