Fish community and trophic structure at artificial reef sites in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-324

  Dance, Michael A ^a   Patterson III, William F ^a   Addis, Dustin T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHING MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EPINEPHELINAE; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; PISCES;

EID: 79960549537     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2010.1040     Document Type: Article

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