Habitat quality for shallow water fishes in an urban estuary: The effects of man-made structures on growth

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 227-235

  Able, Kenneth W ^a   Manderson, John P ^b   Studholme, Anne L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishes; Growth; Habitat quality; Piers; Urban estuary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; GROWTH; HABITAT QUALITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ONITIS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TAUTOGA ONITIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033554607     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187227     Document Type: Article

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