Development of ecosystem indicators for the Suwannee River estuary: Oyster reef habitat quality along a salinity gradient

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-360

  Bergquist, Derk C ^a   Hale, Jason A ^b   Baker, Patrick ^c   Baker, Shirley M ^c  

^a MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; CRAB; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ESTUARY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REEF; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; INVERTEBRATA; ISCHADIUM RECURVUM; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33748605315     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784985     Document Type: Article

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