The consequences of scale: Assessing the distribution of benthic populations in a complex estuarine fjord

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 253-270

  Dethier, Megan N ^a   Schoch, G Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic organisms; estuarine coasts; estuarine hydrodynamics; Puget Sound; salinity gradient; sampling designs; temperature gradient; wave energy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 9944253885     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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