Assessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina bank, a deep-sea coral marine protected area off eastern Florida

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-206

  Harter, Stacey L ^a   Ribera, Marta M ^a   Shepard, Andrew N ^b   Reed, John K ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; OCULINA; OCULINA VARICOSA;

EID: 66449106145     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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