Does the common reed, Phragmites australis, affect essential fish habitat?

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 793-802

  Weinstein, Michael P ^a   Balletto, John H ^b  

^a Sandy Hook Field Station   (United States)

^b Pub Serv Electric and Gas Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SALTMARSH;

ATLANTIC COAST; GULF COAST; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0032726475     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353112     Document Type: Article

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