Nocturnal fish utilization of a subtropical mangrove-seagrass ecotone

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-374

  Hammerschlag, Neil ^a   Serafy, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barracuda; Fish community; Grunt; Habitat use; Juvenile fishes; Nocturnal; Porgy; Proximity gradient; Seagrass mangrove; Snapper

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEAGRASS;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HAEMULON SCIURUS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCIURIDAE; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 77957747723     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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