Factors affecting coral reef fisheries in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

Interrelationships between Corals and Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 83-112

  Jaap, Walter C ^a   Ross, Steve W ^b   Brooke, Sandra ^c   Arnold, William S ^d  

^a Lithophyte Research Team   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southeast Regional Office   (United States)

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EID: 84944123928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17159-11     Document Type: Chapter

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