Production of mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): Response in marshes treated for common reed (Phragmites australis) removal

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-67

  Hagan, Stacy M ^b   Brown, Steven A ^a,b   Able, Kenneth W ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; Growth; Restoration; Salt marsh; Spartina

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA;

EID: 34047123979     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[54:POMFHR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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