Linking habitat and life history for conservation of the rare saltmarsh topminnow Fundulus jenkinsi: Morphometrics, reproduction, and trophic ecology

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-155

  Lopez, John D ^a,c   Peterson, Mark S ^a   Lang, Erik T ^a   Charbonnet, Adriana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Ocean Springs Hospital   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Foraging; Fundulidae; High marsh; Insects; Mid marsh; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOMETRY; PREY SIZE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ARACHNIDA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS JENKINSI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77956410687     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00294     Document Type: Article

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