Anthropogenic and Natural Perturbations on Lower Barataria Bay, Louisiana: Detecting Responses of Marsh-Edge Fishes and Decapod Crustaceans

Barataria Bay, Louisiana is a dynamic estuary with ongoing disturbances that is in need of restoration. Development and validation of a lower Barataria Bay index of biotic integrity (IBI) for the summer season was the focus of my research. This IBI was created using 2005 data and evaluated with 2006...

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Main Author: Roth, Agatha-Marie Fuller
Other Authors: Donald Baltz
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04102009-163053/