Expression of the estuarine species minimum in littoral fish assemblages of the lower Chesapeake Bay tributaries

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 304-312

  Wagner, C Michael ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032855752     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352986     Document Type: Article

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