Long-term trends in the response of benthic macrofauna to climate variability in the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary, Texas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 436, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-80

  Pollack, Jennifer Beseres ^a   Palmer, Terence A ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Disturbance; Freshwater inflow; Oceanic Ni o Index; Salinity; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; EL NINO; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE RESOURCE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONALITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

LAVACA-COLORADO ESTUARY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052307191     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09267     Document Type: Article

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