Modifications to the bottomless lift net for sampling nekton in tidal mangrove forests

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-635

  McIvor, Carole C ^a   Silverman, Noah L ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ETI Professionals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearing efficiency; Everglades National Park; Modified lift net; Nekton; Riverine mangroves; Vegetated intertidal zone

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRUSTACEAN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; NEKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SLUMPING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BATHYGOBIUS SOPORATOR; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS; PALAEMONETES; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 78649783400     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9184-0     Document Type: Article

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