Nekton in Gulf Coast wetlands: Fine-scale distributions, landscape patterns, and restoration implications

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 441-455

  Minello, Thomas J ^a   Rozas, Lawrence P ^a  

^a Galveston National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crabs; Density models; Edge marsh; Gulf Coast wetlands; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape patterns; Nekton populations; Restoration; Salt marsh; Shrimp; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal creeks

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; NEKTON; POPULATION SIZE; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; PENAEIDAE; PISCES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0036557568     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0441:NIGCWF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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