Comparison of Geukensia demissa populations in Rhode Island fringe salt marshes with varying nitrogen loads

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 320, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-108

  Chintala, Marnita M ^a   Wigand, Cathleen ^a   Thursby, Glen ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Condition index; Indirect effects; Nitrogen; Population attributes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SALTMARSH; WATERSHED;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33749417895     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps320101     Document Type: Article

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