Fish assemblage structure on a drowned barrier island in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 625, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-221

  Wells, R J David ^a   Harper, J O ^b   Rooker, J R ^a   Landry Jr , A M ^a   Dellapenna, T M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fish assemblage structure; Freeport Rocks Bathymetric High; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FISHERIES; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; SILVER;

ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSITY DATUM; DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDICES; FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FREEPORT ROCKS BATHYMETRIC HIGH; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; HABITAT TYPES; JUVENILE FISHES; SHANNON DIVERSITIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; UNIVARIATE;

ECOLOGY;

BARRIER ISLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CARNIVORA; CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; CYNOSCION NOTHUS; DIPLECTRUM BIVITTATUM; EUCINOSTOMUS GULA; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SAURIDA BRASILIENSIS; SPHOEROIDES PARVUS; SYACIUM GUNTERI;

EID: 62149150658     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9709-9     Document Type: Article

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