Marsh Habitats - Delaware Estuary

Freshwater Tidal Marsh
Time Stamp Publication / Website State
Currrent Habitat - What's the Estuary? From Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Regional
2006 Guide to the Natural Communities of the Delaware Estuary (PDF 6.31MB) Regional
2006 Key to the Estuary Ecological Systems and Natural Communities (PDF 922KB) Regional
2004 Fishing for Answers in an Urban Estuary Section 1 - NJ Audubon Society NJ


Brackish Tidal Marsh
Time Stamp Publication / Website State
Currrent Habitat - What's the Estuary? From Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Regional
2006 Guide to the Natural Communities of the Delaware Estuary (PDF 6.31MB) Regional
2006 Key to the Estuary Ecological Systems and Natural Communities (PDF 922KB) Regional
2004 Fishing for Answers in an Urban Estuary Section 1 - NJ Audubon Society NJ
2000 Rutgers Publications - Wainright, S.C., M.P. Weinstein, K.W. Able and C.A. Currin. "Relative importance of benthic macroalgae, phytoplankton and the detritus of smooth cordgrass ( Spartina ) and the common reed ( Phragmites ) to brackish marsh food webs" Marine Ecology Progress Series. 200: 77-91 NJ, DE, PA


Saltwater Marshes
Time Stamp Publication / Website State
Current A Delmarva Odyssey NJ, DE
Currrent Habitat - What's the Estuary? From Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Regional
2006 Guide to the Natural Communities of the Delaware Estuary (PDF 6.31MB) Regional
2006 Key to the Estuary Ecological Systems and Natural Communities (PDF 922KB) Regional
2007 Rutgers Publications - Able, K. W., J. H. Balletto, S. M. Hagan, P. R. Jivoff, and K. Strait. "Linkages Between Salt marshes and Other Nekton Habitats in Delaware Bay, USA." Reviews in Fisheries Science 15:1-61 NJ, DE, PA
2006 Rutgers Publications - Sullivan, M.C., K.W. Able, J.A. Hare and H.J. Walsh. "Anguilla rostrata glass eel ingress into two U.S. east coast estuaries:patterns, processes and implications for adult abundance." Journal of Fish Biology 69:1081-1101 NJ, DE, PA
2005 Rutgers Publications - Nemerson, D.M. and K.W. Able. "Juvenile sciaenid fishes respond favorably to marsh restoration in Delaware Bay." Ecological Engineering 25:260-274 NJ, DE, PA
2004 Rutgers Publications - Able, K.W., D.M. Nemerson and T.M. Grothues. "Evaluating salt marsh restoration in Delaware Bay: analysis of fish response at former salt hay farms." Estuaries 27(1): 58-69 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Able, K.W., D.M. Nemerson and T.M. Grothues. "Evaluating salt marsh restoration in Delaware Bay : the response of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus , at former salt hay farms." Estuaries 26(3): 709-719 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Nemerson, D.M. and K.W. Able. "Spatial and temporal patterns in the distribution and feeding habits of Morone saxatilis , in marsh creeks of Delaware Bay , USA." Fisheries Management and Ecology. 20: 337-348 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Light, P.R. and K.W. Able. "Juvenile menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) in Delaware Bay , USA , are the result of local and long-distance recruitment." Est. Coast . Shelf Sci. 57: 1007-1014 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Smith, K.J. and K.W. Able. "Dissolved oxygen dynamics in salt marsh pools and its potential impacts on fish assemblages." Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 258: 223-232 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Teo, S.L.H. and K.W. Able. "Habitat use and movement of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in a restored salt marsh." Estuaries 26(3): 720-730 NJ, DE, PA
2003 Rutgers Publications - Raichel, D.L., K.W. Able, and J.M. Hartman. "The influence of Phragmites (common reed) on the distribution, abundance and potential prey of a resident marsh fish in the Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey." Estuaries 26(2B): 511-521 NJ

 
 
 
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