Seasonal and spatial variations in fish and macroinvertebrate communities of oyster and adjacent habitats in a Mississippi estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-596

  Shervette, Virginia R ^a,b   Gelwick, Frances ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Estuarine; Habitat; Oyster reef; Vegetated marsh edge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEKTON; ORDINATION; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEOST;

GRAND BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PALAEMONIDAE; PISCES; POECILIIDAE; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 45849131281     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9049-4     Document Type: Article

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