Nekton habitat quality at shallow water sites in two Rhode Island coastal systems

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 740-751

  Meng, Lesa ^a   Cicchetti, Giancarlo ^a   Chintala, Marnita ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HABITAT QUALITY; NEKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 4344674171     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907657     Document Type: Article

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