Tidal migrations of nekton in salt marsh intertidal creeks

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 474-486

  Bretsch, Kurt ^a   Allen, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; NONLINEARITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EUCINOSTOMUS ARGENTEUS; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; MUGIL CUREMA;

EID: 33748562112     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784995     Document Type: Article

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