Spawning aggregation of beardfish, polymixia lowei, in a deep-water sinkhole off the Florida keys

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Baumberger, Rex E ^a   Brown Peterson, Nancy J ^b   Reed, John K ^a   Gilmore, R Grant ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Estuarine Coastal and Ocean Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DEEP WATER; ECHO SOUNDER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SINKHOLE; SPAWNING; VIDEOGRAPHY; WATER COLUMN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

POLYMIXIA LOWEI; POLYMIXIIDAE;

EID: 77749246087     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-09-004     Document Type: Article

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