Photosynthetic production and biomass of the subtropical seagrass Halodule wrightii along an estuarine gradient

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 436-447

  Dunton, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALODULE WRIGHTII; CYMODOCEACEAE; HALODULE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ESTUARIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SHOAL GRASS;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0029669766     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352461     Document Type: Article

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