Habitat use patterns of the mummichog, fundulus heteroclitus, in New England I. Intramarsh variation

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 618-625

  Halpin, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FISH; HABITAT; HABITAT USE; MUMMICHOG; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH;

NEW ENGLAND; USA;

ANIMALIA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 0030824533     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352619     Document Type: Article

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