Ecological signatures of anthropogenically altered tidal exchange in estuarine ecosystems

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 554-571

  Ritter, Amy F ^a,b   Wasson, Kerstin ^a,b   Lonhart, Steve I ^c   Preisler, Rikke K ^a,b   Woolfolk, Andrea ^a   Griffith, Katie A ^b   Connors, Sarah ^d   Heiman, Kimberly W ^e  

^a Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish; Ecological indicator; Estuarine; Fish nursery; Invasion; Migratory shorebirds; Salt marsh; Tidal exchange; Water control structure; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; BRACKISH WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATFISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI; GASTROPODA; OSTREIDAE; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 45849142541     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9044-9     Document Type: Article

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