Summer fish communities in northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries: Indices of ecological condition

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 504-515

  Jordan, Stephen J ^a   Lewis, Michael A ^a   Harwell, Linda M ^a   Goodman, Larry R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Estuaries; Fish community; Gulf of Mexico; Indicators; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; FISH COMMUNITY; GULF OF MEXICO; INDICATORS; TROPHIC GUILDS;

CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; LANDFORMS; MEATS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOXICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL LAGOON; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PH; SAMPLING; SILTY CLAY; TOXICITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 70449115549     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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