Biodiversity of sessile and motile macrofauna on intertidal oyster reefs in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1079-1089

  Boudreaux, Michelle L ^b   Stiner, Jennifer L ^c   Walters, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Everglades Partners Joint Venture   (United States)

^c BCI Engineers and Scientists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Crassostrea virginica; Decapods; Fishes; Habitat use; Invertebrates; Lift nets; Oysters

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REEF; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PISCES; THORACICA;

EID: 33845879887     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[1079:BOSAMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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