Effects of black mangrove Avicennia germinans expansion on salt marsh nekton assemblages before and after a flood

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 283-294

  Diskin, Meredith S ^a   Smee, Delbert L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Competition; Estuary; Salinity; Vegetation shift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MARSH; NEKTON; RANGE EXPANSION; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 85018481834     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3179-2     Document Type: Article

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