Ecological Effects of Shoreline Armoring on Intertidal Habitats of a Puget Sound Urban Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 774-784

  Morley, Sarah A ^a   Toft, Jason D ^b   Hanson, Karrie M ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Duwamish River; Invertebrates; Juvenile salmon; Puget Sound; Shoreline armoring; Temperature; Upper intertidal; Urban estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; NEUSTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN AREA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DUWAMISH ESTUARY; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84859421664     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9481-3     Document Type: Article

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