Comparison of salt marsh creeks and ditches as habitat for nekton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-66

  Corman, Sarah S ^a   Roman, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ditches; Fundulus heteroclitus; Great South Bay; Mosquito ditches; Nekton; Plugged ditches; Salt marsh creeks

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOSQUITO; NEKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FIRE ISLAND; GREAT SOUTH BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 79961035855     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09189     Document Type: Article

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