Ecological periodic tables for nekton usage of four us pacific northwest estuarine habitats

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1957-1967

  Ferraro, Steven P ^a   Cole, Faith A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BURROWING; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; UPOGEBIA PUGETTENSIS; UPOGEBIIDAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 78650465071     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-114     Document Type: Article

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