Louisiana estuarine and coastal fisheries and habitats: Perspectives from a fish's eye view

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 350-366

  Chesney, Edward J ^a   Baltz, Donald M ^b   Thomas, R Glenn ^c  

^a Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Bycatch; Coastal habitat alteration; Coastal marine ecosystem; Community structure; Eutrophication; Exploitation; Fisheries, habitat, and pollution; Hypoxia; Impacts of fishing; Non indigenous species introduction; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

PISCES;

EID: 0033863533     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0350:LEACFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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