Recruitment and ontogenetic habitat shifts of the yellow snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) in the Gulf of California

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2461-2472

  Aburto Oropeza, Octavio ^a,b   Dominguez Guerrero, Isaí ^a   Cota Nieto, José ^a   Plomozo Lugo, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHALLOW WATER;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

LUTJANUS ARGENTIVENTRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 70350350694     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1271-5     Document Type: Article

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