Nekton use of intertidal creek edges in low salinity salt marshes of the Yangtze River estuary along a stream-order gradient

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Jin, Binsong ^a   Qin, Haiming ^a   Xu, Wang ^a   Wu, Jihua ^a   Zhong, Junsheng ^b   Lei, Guangchun ^c   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Fu, Cuizhang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fish length; marsh edge; salt marshes; seine nets; shallow water; Yangtze River estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NEKTON; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EXOPALAEMON CARINICAUDA; FENNEROPENAEUS INDICUS; GOBIIDAE; HELICE TIENTSINENSIS; LATEOLABRAX MACULATUS; LIZA AFFINIS; LIZA HAEMATOCHEILUS; MUGILIDAE; MUGILOGOBIUS ABEI; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PERIOPHTHALMUS MODESTUS; PISCES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 77953134535     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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