Seagrass bed recovery after hydrological restoration in a coastal lagoon with groundwater discharges in the north of yucatan (Southeastern Mexico)

Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 219-230

  Herrera Silveira, Jorge A ^a   Ramírez Ramírez, Javier ^a   Gómez, Nelly ^a   Zaldivar Jimenez, Arturo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420074475     Document Type: Chapter

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