Tidal Flushing Restores the Physiological Condition of Fish Residing in Degraded Salt Marshes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Dibble, Kimberly L ^a   Meyerson, Laura A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEGRADATION; DRY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTION; SALT MARSH; SPECIES INVASION; STANDARD; TIDAL FLUSHING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUNDULIDAE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIPIDS; NEMATODA; NEW ENGLAND; PHTHIRAPTERA; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; SALINITY; SALTS; TIDAL WAVES; WETLANDS;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84866944625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046161     Document Type: Article

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