Habitat use patterns of newly settled spotted seatrout in estuaries of the north-western Gulf of Mexico

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 404-413

  Neahr, T A ^a   Stunz, G W ^b   Minello, T J ^c  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hatchery reared fish; Mesocosm; Salt marsh; Sciaenid; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MESOCOSM; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; OSTREIDAE; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 78149402324     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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