Vegetation effects on fish distribution in impounded salt marshes

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-514

  Stolen, Eric D ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^c   Percival, H Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; PISCES; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 77749274088     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0311     Document Type: Article

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