Spatial and temporal habitat use patterns for salt marsh nekton: Implications for ecological functions

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-45

  Rountree, Rodney A ^a,c   Able, Kenneth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marine Ecology and Technology Applications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Habitat requirements; Nekton; Salt marsh function; Spatial zonation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT USE; NEKTON; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 33846548754     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-006-9052-4     Document Type: Article

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