Habitat use and movement of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in a restored salt marsh

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 720-730

  Teo, S L H ^a,b   Able, K W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; HABITAT USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

EAST COAST; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0041926608     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02711983     Document Type: Article

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