Influence of shallow-water habitats and shoreline development on abundance, biomass, and diversity of benthic prey and predators in Chesapeake Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 326, Issue , 2006, Pages 11-27

  Seitz, R D ^a   Lipcius, R N ^a   Olmstead, N H ^a   Seebo, M S ^a   Lambert, D M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bivalves; Callinectes sapidus; Chesapeake Bay; Food web; Macoma balthica; Shallow water habitats; Shoreline development

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT LOSS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; ELIZABETH RIVER; LAFAYETTE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

BIVALVIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 33845906628     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps326011     Document Type: Article

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