A visual assessment technique for estimating seagrass standing crop

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-251

  Mumby, P J ^a   Edwards, A J ^c   Green, E P ^c   Anderson, C W ^a   Ellis, A C ^b   Clark, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; SEAGRASS; STANDING CROP; VEGETATION SURVEY; VISUAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030812577     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199709)7:3<239::AID-AQC240>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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