Decapod utilization of adjacent oyster, vegetated marsh, and non-vegetated bottom habitats in a gulf of mexico estuary

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 660-667

  Shervette, Virginia R ^a,b   Gelwick, Frances ^a   Hadley, Nancy ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

blue crab; estuarine habitat; grass shrimp; mud crab; oyster beds; white and brown shrimp

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; INVERTEBRATA; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; OSTREIDAE; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PANOPEUS SIMPSONI;

EID: 80054058063     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/10-3360.1     Document Type: Article

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