Response of surf zone fish to beach nourishment operations on the northern coast of New Jersey, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2003, Pages 231-246

  Wilber, D H ^a   Clarke, D G ^b   Ray, G L ^b   Burlas, M ^c  

^a DynTel   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers New York District   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach seine; Bluefish; Dredging; Filling; Fish food habits; Kingfish; Power analysis; Silversides; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SURF ZONE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ALBUNEIDAE; AMPHIPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; MENIDIA; MENIDIA MENIDIA; MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; POMATOMUS SALTATRIX;

EID: 0038138124     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps250231     Document Type: Article

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