Comparison of fish assemblages associated with native and exotic submerged macrophytes in the Lake Pontchartrain estuary, USA

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-221

  Duffy, Kenneth C ^a   Baltz, Donald M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Estuarine fishes; Exotic species; Microhabitat; Myriophyllum

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH COMMUNITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ESTUARY; FISH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

USA, LOUISIANA, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ESTUARY;

ANCHOA MITCHILLI; GOBIOSOMA BOSC; LUCANIA PARVA; MICROGOBIUS FULOSUS; MICROGOBIUS GULOSUS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; RUPPIA MARITIMA; SYNGNATHUS SCOVELLI; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031922794     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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