Intertidal benthic resources of the Copper River Delta, Alaska, USA

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-23

  Powers, Sean P ^a   Bishop, Mary Anne ^b   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^a   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Copper River Delta; Macoma balthica; Mudflats; Southeastern Alaska

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DELTA; DENSITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM SALMONIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETEONE; ETEONE LONGA; INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; PHYLLODOCIDA; POLYCHAETA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036120113     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(01)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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