The fish community of a newly restored southern California estuary: Ecological perspective 3 years after restoration

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1129-1147

  Farrugia, Thomas J ^a,b   Espinoza, Mario ^a   Lowe, Christopher G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance surveys; Community ecology; Fish habitat; Restoration success

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887270487     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-013-0203-x     Document Type: Article

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