Colonization, succession, and nutrition of macrobenthic assemblages in a restored wetland at Tijuana Estuary, California

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 755-770

  Moseman, Serena M ^a   Levin, Lisa A ^a   Currin, Carolyn ^b   Forder, Charlotte ^a,c  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b NOAA National Ocean Service   (United States)

^c Norfolk NR2 2EA ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

California coast; colonization; infauna; Insecta; isotope ratio; Polychaeta; salt marsh; succession

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIFE HISTORY; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TIJUANA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 3242740235     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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