Impact of peat moss released by a commercial harvesting operation into an estuarine environment on the sand shrimp Crangon septemspinosa

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Ouellette, C ^a   Courtenay, Simon C ^a,b   St Hilaire, A ^a   Boghen, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HARVESTING; MOSS;

BRYOPHYTA; CRANGON SEPTEMSPINOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33646678703     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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