Changes in seagrass-associated fish and crustacean communities on Florida Bay mud banks: The effects of recent ecosystem changes?

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 534-551

  Matheson Jr , Richard E ^a   Camp, David K ^a,c   Sogard, Susan M ^b   Bjorgo, Kimberly A ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MUDFLAT; SEAGRASS;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OPSANUS BETA; PISCES;

EID: 0345240939     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353216     Document Type: Article

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