Nekton of new seagrass habitats colonizing a subsided salt marsh in Galveston Bay, Texas

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-296

  King, Seth P ^a,b   Sheridan, P ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EROSION; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; SUBSIDENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALPHEUS HETEROCHAELIS; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; FARFANTEPENAEUS DUORARUM; GOBIOSOMA; GOBIOSOMA BOSC; GOBIOSOMA ROBUSTUM; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; PALAEMONETES INTERMEDIUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PISCES; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33745929365     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02781997     Document Type: Article

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