Fish-habitat associations and the role of disturbance in surfgrass beds

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 177-186

  Galst, Carey J ^a   Anderson, Todd W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fishes; Habitat loss; Phyllospadix torreyi; Recruitment; Seagrass; Surfgrass

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

PHYLLOSPADIX; PHYLLOSPADIX TORREYI; PISCES;

EID: 52249115342     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07489     Document Type: Article

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