A method to quantitatively sample nekton in salt-marsh ditches and small tidal creeks

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-419

  James Pirri, Mary Jane ^a   Roman, Charles T ^a   Swanson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 79955143056     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-106.1     Document Type: Article

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