Chaetognaths of the United States South Atlantic Bight: Distribution, abundance and potential interactions with newly spawned larval fish

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-123

  Coston Clements, Linda ^a   Waggett, Rebecca J ^b   Tester, Patricia A ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Daily ration; Larval fish; Metabolic requirements; Predation; Sagitta enflata; Sagitta hispida; Sagitta tenuis; United States South Atlantic Bight

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; METABOLISM; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CHAETOGNATHA; FEROSAGITTA HISPIDA; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PARASAGITTA TENUIS; SAGITTA ENFLATA;

EID: 67349275771     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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