Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to housing development and nitrogen loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 730-739

  Short, Frederick T ^a   Burdick, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

HABITAT LOSS; NITROGEN LOADING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 0029664202     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352532     Document Type: Article

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