Using Fish Distributions and Behavior in Patchy Habitats to Evaluate Potential Effects of Fragmentation on Small Marsh Fishes: A Case Study

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 197-211

  Jacobus, Jennifer ^a   W Webb, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal marsh fishes; configuration; Habitat fragmentation; isolation; patch dynamics; species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; WETLANDS;

COASTAL MARSH FISHES; CONFIGURATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

FISH;

AMBLOPLITES; AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS; ANIMALIA; CULAEA; CULAEA INCONSTANS; LUXILUS CORNUTUS; PIMEPHALES NOTATUS; PISCES;

EID: 34848868865     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70299-9     Document Type: Article

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