Spatial distribution of fishes and decapods in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) and sandy habitats of a New Brunswick estuary, eastern Canada

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-123

  Joseph, Venitia ^a   Locke, Andrea ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community structure; Eelgrass influence; Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MICROGADUS TOMCOD; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS; UROPHYCIS TENUIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33644557730     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-005-9027-x     Document Type: Article

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