Effects of freshwater canal discharge on fish assemblages in a subtropical bay: Field and laboratory observations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 161-172

  Serafy, Joseph E ^a   Lindeman, Kenyon C ^a   Hopkins, Todd E ^a,b   Ault, Jerald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal discharge; Coastal bays; Fish assemblages; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

BAYS; CANAL DISCHARGE; FISH COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER; JUVENILE; SALINITY REGIME; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA; USA;

CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; EUCINOSTOMUS GULA; HAEMULON PARRA; HAEMULON PLUMIERI; HAEMULON SCIURUS; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; LUCANIA PARVA; LUTJANUS GRISSEUS; OPSANUS BETA;

EID: 0031574015     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160161     Document Type: Article

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