Discerning vegetation and environmental correlates with subtidal marsh fish assemblage dynamics during Phragmites eradication efforts: Interannual trend measures

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 574-586

  Grothues, Thomas M ^a   Able, Kenneth W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT RESTORATION; NEKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH;

ANCHOA; ANCHOA MITCHILLI; MICROPOGONIAS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PHRAGMITES; PISCES;

EID: 0037707453     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02823732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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