Two Shelf-Edge Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 435-448

  Allee, Rebecca J ^a   David, Andrew W ^b   Naar, David F ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drowned barrier islands; Grouper; Hermatypic corals; Mounds; Mycteroperca; Paleoreef; Paleoshoreline; Pinnacles; Ridges; Spawning aggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884421086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00030-X     Document Type: Chapter

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