Fish use and size of eelgrass meadows in southeastern Alaska: A baseline for long-term assessment of biotic change

Northwest Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 141-155

  Johnson, Scott W ^a   Thedinga, John F ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT USE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 29644441150     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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