Nekton assemblage structure in natural and created marsh-edge habitats of the Guadalupe Estuary, Texas, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 457-466

  Zeug, Steven C ^a   Shervette, Virginia R ^a   Hoeinghaus, David J ^a   Davis III, Stephen E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decapod crustacean; dredge spoil; Gulf of Mexico; oyster; restoration; Spartina alterniflora; Texas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MARSH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEKTON; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; GUADALUPE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OSTREIDAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33846220766     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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