Mangrove damage caused by Hurricane Andrew on the southwestern coast of Florida

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  McCoy, Earl D ^a   Mushinsky, Henry R ^a   Johnson, Derek ^a   Meshaka Jr , Walter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; FOREST DAMAGE; HURRICANE ANDREW; MANGROVE; MANGROVE SWAMPS;

USA, FLORIDA, LOSTMAN'S RIVER;

EID: 0029669781     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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