Phase Shift in an Estuarine Finfish Community Associated with Warming Temperatures

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 481-495

  Howell, Penelope ^a   Auster, Peter J ^b  

^a Marine Fisheries Division Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Marine Fisheries Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84878078650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.685144     Document Type: Article

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