Regional application of an index of estuarine biotic integrity based on fish communities

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 250-263

  Hughes, Jeffrey E ^a   Deegan, Linda A ^a   Weaver, Melissa J ^a   Costa, Joseph E ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY;

BUZZARDS BAY; CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; MASSSCHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0036100142     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02691312     Document Type: Article

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