Restoration of the annual flood pulse in Breton Sound, Louisiana, USA: Habitat change and nekton community response

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Piazza, Bryan P ^a   La Peyre, Megan K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Drop sampler; Estuary; Freshwater diversion; Louisiana; Nekton; Water depth

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; HETERANDRIA FORMOSA; LUCANIA PARVA; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES PALUDOSUS; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 67349109313     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00013     Document Type: Article

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