Seasonal habitat-use patterns of nekton in a tide-restricted and unrestricted New England salt marsh

Wetlands

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 451-461

  Raposa, Kenneth B ^a,b   Roman, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Nekton; New England; Salt marsh; Throw trap; Tide restriction

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; NEKTON; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDE;

UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; PISCES;

EID: 0035670645     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2001)021[0451:SHUPON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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