Larval fish assemblage response to freshwater inflows: A synthesis of five years of ichthyoplankton monitoring within Nueces bay, Texas

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-296

  Tolan, James M ^a  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GADOID; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; NUECES BAY; NUECES ESTUARY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 47249128555     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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