Epibenthic invertebrates of natural and constructed marshes of San Diego Bay

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-37

  Scatolini, Susan R ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ogden Environ Ener Serv Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed marsh; Cordgrass marsh; Epibenthos; Functional equivalency; Intertidal; Invertebrates; Restoration; Salt marsh; San Diego Bay; Spartina foliosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002572121     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160643     Document Type: Article

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