Using nekton growth as a metric for assessing habitat restoration by marsh terracing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 179-193

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

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^b NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Growth; Marsh terracing; Penaeid shrimp; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARSH; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; NEKTON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

GALVESTON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 71849113821     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08274     Document Type: Article

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