Marsh terracing as a wetland restoration tool for creating fishery habitat

Wetlands

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-341

  Rozas, L P ^a   Minello, T J ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery species; Gulf of Mexico; Habitat comparisons; Habitat selection; Nursery areas; Penaeid shrimps; Restoration; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY; HABITAT RESTORATION; NURSERY GROUND; TERRACING; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

BREVOORTIA PATRONUS; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; DECAPODA; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO;

EID: 0034793360     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2001)021[0327:MTAAWR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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