Biomass patterns in Seagrass meadows of the Lacuna Madre, Texas

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 404-420

  Onuf, Christopher P ^a  

^a Texas Gulf Coast Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PATTERNS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

USA, TEXAS, LAGUNA MADRE;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA ENGELMANNII; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0029768529     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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