Assessing functional equivalency of nekton habitat in enhanced habitats: Comparison of terraced and unterraced marsh ponds

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 526-536

  La Peyre, Megan K ^a   Gossman, Bryan ^a   Nyman, John A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSH; NEKTON; OPEN WATER; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548031841     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03036518     Document Type: Article

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