Nekton density patterns in Tidal ponds and adjacent Wetlands related to pond size and salinity

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 652-667

  Rozas, Lawrence P ^a   Minello, Thomas J ^b  

^a NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service/SEFSC   (United States)

^b Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery habitat; Marsh pond; Oligohaline; Salt marsh; SAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751576367     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9258-5     Document Type: Article

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