Development of infaunal populations and below-ground organic matter from three created Spartina alterniflora marshes in Galveston Bay, Texas

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dc.acquisition-srcGBIC search of Article 1st; TAMU, College Stationen_US
dc.call-noQH 104.5 .G3 G56 1996 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorGoldberg, Alisha Reneeen_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:34:02Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:34:02Z
dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.degreeM.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Scienceen_US
dc.description91 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractBecause of the high rates of wetland loss, there have been many efforts to create marshes on dredged material. However, these marshes sometimes have trouble supporting infaunal populations which are used as food for estuarine animals. Organic matter and infaunal populations can develop over time. To examine the relationship between infaunal abundance and sediment parameters, two already created marshes were compared to one new one in the same location. Samples were collected at and between culms of Spartina alterniflora. More animals were collected in cores of culms, and most of the infauna were found in the upper 2.5 cm of sediment. Organic matter levels were lowest in the newest marsh. The study suggests that factors other than organic matter concentration control infaunal populations.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codePelican Spiten_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history10/19/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25802
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries8742.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectmarshesen_US
dc.subjectSpartina alternifloraen_US
dc.subjectsmooth cord grassen_US
dc.subjectorganic matteren_US
dc.subjectzoobenthosen_US
dc.subjectwildlifeen_US
dc.subjectfisheriesen_US
dc.subjectestuarine ecologyen_US
dc.subjectinvertebrate populationsen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of infaunal populations and below-ground organic matter from three created Spartina alterniflora marshes in Galveston Bay, Texasen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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