Microhabitat associations of a semi-terrestrial fish, Kryptolebias marmoratus (Poey 1880) in a mosquito-ditched mangrove forest, west-central Florida

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 48-56

  Richards, Travis M ^a   Krebs, Justin M ^b   Mcivor, Carole C ^c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

CPUE; Crab burrow; Habitat use; Killifish; Leaf litter; Length frequency; Mangrove rivulus; Trench trap

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; BURROW; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CRAB; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LEAF LITTER; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SWAMP FOREST; TELEOST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KRYPTOLEBIAS MARMORATUS; OCYPODIDAE; RIVULUS;

EID: 79955152041     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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