Body Condition and Foraging Patterns of Nekton from Salt Marsh Habitats Arrayed Along a Gradient of Urbanization

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 800-812

  Lowe, Michael R ^a,b   Peterson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Diet analysis; Nekton; Salt marsh; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939895015     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9865-7     Document Type: Article

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