Relative influence of habitat fragmentation and inundation on brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus production in northern Gulf of Mexico salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 359, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-202

  Roth, B M ^a   Rose, K A ^a   Rozas, L P ^b   Minello, T J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^c Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Farfantepenaeus aztecus; Fragmentation; Gulf of Mexico; Individual based model; Inundation; Production; Salt marsh; Spartina

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; SPARTINA;

EID: 44849119473     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07380     Document Type: Article

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