Early responses of fishes and crustaceans to restoration of a tidally restricted New England salt marsh

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 665-676

  Raposa, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI design; Nekton; Restoration; Salt marsh; Throw trap

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENSITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; NEKTON; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; FUNDULUS MAJALIS; LUCANIA PARVA; MENIDIA BERYLLINA; MENIDIA MENIDIA; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PISCES;

EID: 0036926804     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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