Altered mangrove wetlands as habitat for estuarine nekton: Are dredged channels and tidal creeks equivalent?

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 839-861

  Krebs, Justin M ^a   Brame, Adam B ^a   McIvor, Carole C ^b  

^a ETI Professionals   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANGROVE; NEKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CHANNEL; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES;

EID: 34547217969     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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