Nekton use of a Phragmites australis marsh on the Hudson River, New York, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 326-337

  Hanson, Stephanie R ^a   Osgood, David T ^b   Yozzo, David J ^c  

^a Comprehensive Environmental Inc ^*  (United States)

^b ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Barry A Vittor and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fundulus heteroclitus; Hudson River; Hydrology; Nekton; Phragmites australis; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; HYDROLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARSH; NEKTON; REEDBED;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; OCYPODIDAE; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; UCA MINAX;

EID: 0038385336     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0326:NUOAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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