Optimal benthic macrofaunal sampling protocol for detecting differences among four habitats in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1014-1025

  Ferraro, Steven P ^a   Cole, Faith A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; MACROBENTHOS; SAMPLING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLAPA BAY; WORLD;

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOTRYPAEA; NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UPOGEBIA; UPOGEBIA PUGETTENSIS; UPOGEBIIDAE; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 12444277337     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803427     Document Type: Article

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