Gastropod abundance and biomass relationships with salt marsh vegetation within ocean-dominated South Carolina, USA estuaries

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 947-953

  Hutchens Jr , John J ^a   Walters, Keith ^a  

^a E Craig Wall Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Littoraria irrorata (Say); Marsh zonation; Melampus bidentatus Say; Snail biomass; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; GASTROPOD; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; SALTMARSH;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; MELAMPUS BIDENTATUS; MOLLUSCA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33845881994     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[947:GAABRW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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