Composition, abundance, biomass, and production of macrofauna in a New England estuary: Comparisons among eelgrass meadows and other nursery habitats

Estuaries

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 379-389

  Heck, K L ^a   Able, K W ^b   Roman, C T ^c   Fahay, M P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; EELGRASS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NURSERY; PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, CAPE COD, NAUSET MARSH;

ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; MYTILUS EDULIS; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 0028980145     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352320     Document Type: Article

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