Floral and faunal differences between fragmented and unfragmented Bahamian tidal creeks

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 702-718

  Valentine Rose, Lori M ^a   Cherry, Julia A ^a   Culp, J Jacob ^a,b   Perez, Kathryn E ^a,c   Pollock, Jeff B ^a   Arrington, D Albrey ^a,d   Layman, Craig A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Loxahatchee River District   (United States)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back reef; Community structure; Estuary fragmentation; Hydrologic connectivity; Mangrove; Nursery; Road crossing; Tidal flow; Underwater visual census

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MANGROVE; NURSERY GROUND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANDROS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

LUTJANIDAE;

EID: 34548540380     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[702:FAFDBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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