Drift macroalgal abundance in seagrass beds: Investigating large-scale associations with physical and biotic attributes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 277-283

  Bell, Susan S ^a   Hall, Margaret O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Hydrodynamics; Macroalgae; Scale; Seagrass; Sediments; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DRIFT ALGAE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROALGAE; SEAGRASS BED; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEDIMENT;

USA, FLORIDA, TAMPA BAY;

EID: 0030620857     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps147277     Document Type: Article

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