Density-dependent habitat use and growth of an estuarine fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1734-1747

  Bacheler, Nathan M ^a   Buckel, Jeffrey A ^b   Paramore, Lee M ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARICULTURE; PERCID; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 84869210105     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-098     Document Type: Article

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