Potential Spatial and Temporal Vulnerability of Pelagic Fish Assemblages in the Gulf of Mexico to Surface Oil Spills Associated With Deepwater Petroleum Development

United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. ; Louisiana State University. Coastal Fisheries Institute. ; Benfield, M.C. ; Shaw, R.F.

United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

关键词: Pelagic fishes.;    spatial distributions;    temporal distributions;    Mexico, Gulf of.;   

RP-ID  :  2957

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This study was undertaken to review the available information on the distributions of these pelagic fish species in order to predict the spatial and temporal distributions of larval, juvenile and adult life history stages within the surface waters over an area likely to experience increasing gas and petroleum extraction.