Predicting the vertical distributions of reef fish larvae in the Straits of Florida from environmental factors

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1755-1767

  Huebert, Klaus B ^a,b   Sponaugle, Su ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIEL VARIATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

ANTHOZOA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 78149388422     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-116     Document Type: Article

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