Variations in the Distribution and Biomass of Submerged Macrophytes in Five Coastal Lagoons in Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Botanica Marina

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 231-242

  Thorne Miller, B ^a   Thursby, G B ^a   Brady Campbell, M M ^a   Dworetzky, B A ^a   Harlin, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0000090743     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1983.26.5.231     Document Type: Article

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