Long-term succession of benthic infauna communities on constructed Spartina alterniflora marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 257, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-58

  Craft, Christopher ^a   Sacco, John ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NJ Dept of Environmental Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Ecosystem development; North Carolina; Reference wetland; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Salt marshes; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HABITAT CREATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SUCCESSION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; CAPITELLA; CAPITELLIDAE; MANAYUNKIA; MANAYUNKIA AESTURINA; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; SABELLIDAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPIONIDAE; STREBLOSPIO; STREBLOSPIO BENEDICTI; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0041854449     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps257045     Document Type: Article

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