Effects of life history strategy on fish distribution and use of estuarine salt marsh and shallow-Water flat habitats

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 797-812

  Meyer, David L ^a   Posey, Martin H ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Distribution; Fundulus; Isolation; Lagodon; Mummichog; Nekton; Pinfish; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSH; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEOST; WATER DEPTH;

CYPRINIDAE; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LAGODON; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES;

EID: 67349194290     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9164-x     Document Type: Article

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