Responses of Salt Marsh Ecosystems to Mosquito Control Management Practices along the Atlantic Coast (U.S.A.)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-404

  James Pirri, Mary Jane ^a   Erwin, R Michael ^b   Prosser, Diann J ^c   Taylor, Janith D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nekton; OMWM; Open marsh water management; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOSQUITO; NEKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULIDAE; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 84860151542     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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