Effect of restored freshwater inflow on macrofauna and meiofauna in upper Rincon Bayou, Texas, USA

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1436-1447

  Montagna, Paul A ^a   Kalke, Richard D ^a   Ritter, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; MEIOFAUNA; SALINITY;

NUECES ESTUARY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036974676     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02692237     Document Type: Article

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