Role of mangroves as nurseries for French grunt Haemulon flavolineatum and schoolmaster Lutjanus apodus assessed by otolith elemental fingerprints

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 402, Issue , 2010, Pages 197-212

  Mateo, Ivan ^a   Durbin, Edward G ^b   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^c   Adams, Aaron J ^d   Juanes, Francis ^e   Kingsley, Richard ^b   Swart, Peter ^f   Durant, Daisy ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish nursery; Haemulon flavolineatum; Juvenile habitat; Lutjanus apodus; Natural tags; Otolith chemistry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; JUVENILE; MANGROVE; MOVEMENT; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAGGING;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; PUERTO RICO; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; LUTJANUS APODUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77954121679     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08445     Document Type: Article

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