Detailed examination of ichthyoplankton seasonality from a high-resolution time series in the northern Gulf of Mexico during 2004-2006

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1511-1525

  Hernandez Jr , Frank J ^a   Powers, Sean P ^a,b   Graham, William M ^a  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA PATRONUS; CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS; CYNOGLOSSIDAE; CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; ENGRAULIDAE; GOBIIDAE; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; OPHIDIIDAE; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE; SYMPHURUS;

EID: 79954537771     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T10-001.1     Document Type: Article

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