Restoring coastal habitat using marsh terracing: The effect of cell size on nekton use

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-609

  Rozas, Lawrence P ^a   Minello, Thomas J ^b  

^a Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Decapods; Fishes; Habitat; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Nursey areas; Restoration; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARSH; NEKTON; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRACING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALVESTON ISLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 55949126605     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[595:RCHUMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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