Restored oyster reef location and design affect responses of resident and transient fish, crab, and shellfish species in Mobile Bay, Alabama

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-327

  Gregalis, Kevan C ^a,b   Johnson, Matthew W ^b   Powers, Sean P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRAB; FINFISH; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REEF; SESSILE SPECIES; WATER QUALITY;

ALABAMA; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS HERBSTII; PISCES;

EID: 77955257879     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-041.1     Document Type: Article

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