Recruitment of estuarine-dependent nekton through a new tidal inlet: The opening of Packery Channel in Corpus Christi, TX, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1143-1157

  Reese, Megan M ^a   Stunz, Gregory W ^a   Bushon, Amanda M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine dependent nekton; Nekton recruitment; Nursery habitat; Packery Channel; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAGRASS MEADOW; TIDAL INLET; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORPUS CHRISTI; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE [TEXAS]; NORTH AMERICA; PACKERY CHANNEL; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALODULE WRIGHTII; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PENAEIDAE; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 55649107702     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9096-x     Document Type: Article

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