Differences in the avian communities of natural and created Spartina alterniflora salt marshes
Date
1998
Authors
Melvin, S.L.
Webb, J.W., Jr.
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Abstract
Avian community differences were studied in natural and created salt marshes from October 1990 to September 1991. The sites studied included seven natural and seven created salt marshes in Galveston Bay. Species richness, species diversity, and density were the major characteristics studied.
Description
p. 59-69
Keywords
aquatic birds, species diversity, ecology, Spartina alterniflora, salt marshes, wetlands