Sub-tidal benthic habitats of central San Francisco Bay and offshore Golden Gate area - A review

Marine Geology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-46

  Greene, H Gary ^a   Endris, Charlie ^a   Vallier, Tracy ^a   Goldern, Nadine ^b   Cross, Jeffery ^c   Ryan, Holly ^d   Dieter, Bryan ^a   Niven, Eric ^a  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary benthic habitats; Fisheries; Geology; Multibeam echosounder bathymetry

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK OUTCROP; BENTHIC HABITATS; DREDGED CHANNELS; MIGRATORY FISHES; MULTIBEAM ECHO SOUNDER; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SUBSTRATE TYPES; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

ESTUARIES; FISH; FISHERIES; GEOLOGY; GOLD; SEDIMENTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR; TIDAL POWER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDFORM; CLUPEOID; DEEP WATER; DUNE; ECHO SOUNDER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MULTIBEAM SONAR; OUTCROP; PERCIFORM; PIPELINE; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT WAVE; SIDESCAN SONAR; SPAWNING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; GOLDEN GATE ESTUARY; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; OPHIODON ELONGATUS; PISCES; SEBASTES;

EID: 84887162795     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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