Ontogenetic patterns of concentration indicate lagoon nurseries are essential to common grunts stocks in a Puerto Rican bay

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-543

  Burke, John Selden ^a   Kenworthy, W Judson ^a   Wood, Lisa L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Haemulon; insular shelf; life history; migration; nursery area

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LAGOON; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE PARK; MIGRATION; NURSERY GROUND; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PARGUERA BAY; PUERTO RICO;

HAEMULIDAE; HAEMULON; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; HAEMULON PLUMIERII; HAEMULON SCIURUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 58849107637     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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