Effect of trawling on juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) habitat selection and life history parameters

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2399-2411

  Wells, R J David ^a,d   Cowan Jr , James H ^a   Patterson III, William F ^b   Walters, Carl J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; SURVIVAL; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS;

EID: 56249141119     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-145     Document Type: Article

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