Lobster Trap Debris in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Distribution, Abundance, Density, and Patterns of Accumulation

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-32

  Uhrin, Amy V ^a   Matthews, Thomas R ^b   Lewis, Cynthia ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Keys Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS ARGUS;

EID: 84922646177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.852638     Document Type: Article

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