Importance of Water Quality to Nekton Habitat Use in a North Carolina Branch Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1480-1485

  Kirby Smith, William W ^a   Lebo, Martin E ^b   Herrmann, Robert B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT USE; NEKTON; WATER QUALITY;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0842287707     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803656     Document Type: Article

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