Resilience of a tropical sport fish population to a severe cold event varies across five estuaries in Southern Florida

Ecosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Stevens, P W ^a   Blewett, D A ^a   Boucek, R E ^b   Rehage, J S ^b   Winner, B L ^a   Young, J M ^a   Whittington, J A ^a   Paperno, R ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centropomus undecimalis; Coastal areas; Common snook; Disturbance; Fishes; Special feature: extreme cold spells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984869201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1400     Document Type: Article

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