Assessing the net effect of anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic communities in wetlands: Community structure relative to distance from canals

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 569, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 359-373

  Rehage, Jennifer S ^a   Trexler, Joel C ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Canals; Community structure; Density; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CANALS; FISHERIES; HYDROLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY; NATURAL HYDROLOGY;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CANAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY SEASON; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PREDATION; TRANSECT; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 33746698870     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0142-z     Document Type: Article

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