Temporal and spatial patterns of microhabitat use by fishes and decapod crustaceans in a Louisiana estuary

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 662-678

  Baltz, Donald M ^a   Jones, Robert F ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NW Indian Fisheries Commission ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; MICROPOGONIAS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 0042814964     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T00-175     Document Type: Article

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