Effects of habitat fragmentation per se on decapods and fishes inhabiting seagrass meadows in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 233-246

  Johnson, Matthew W ^a,b   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Artificial seagrass units; Halodule wrightii; Secondary production; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; PISCES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 32644452265     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306233     Document Type: Article

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