Oyster predation by black drum varies spatially and seasonally

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 597-604

  Brown, Kenneth M ^a   George, Gerald J ^a   Peterson, Gary W ^a   Thompson, Bruce A ^a   Cowan Jr , James H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black drum; Oysters; Predation; Seasonal and spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; REEF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ISCHADIUM RECURVUM; OSTREIDAE; PISCES; POGONIAS CROMIS; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 45849093293     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9045-8     Document Type: Article

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