Spatial, Temporal, and Habitat-Related Variation in Abundance of Pelagic Fishes in the Gulf of Mexico: Potential Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rooker, Jay R ^a,b   Kitchens, Larissa L ^a,b   Dance, Michael A ^a,b   Wells, R J David ^a   Falterman, Brett ^c   Cornic, Maëlle ^a  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c McDaniel Charitable Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLACKFIN TUNA; BLUE MARLIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHINFISH; ENVIRONMENT; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SAILFISH; SEA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GULF OF MEXICO; PETROLEUM POLLUTION;

EID: 84885402791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076080     Document Type: Article

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