Fish assemblage composition in constructed and natural tidal marshes of San Diego Bay: Relative influence of channel morphology and restoration history

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 702-716

  Williams, Gregory D ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY; UNITED STATES;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; FUNDULUS PARVIPINNIS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PISCES;

EID: 0032747449     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353057     Document Type: Article

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