Tropical storm flooding of a coastal plain landscape: Extensive floodplains ameliorated potential adverse effects on water quality, fishes, and molluskan communities

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 696-705

  Michener, William K ^a   Blood, Elizabeth R ^a   Box, Jayne Brim ^b   Couch, Carol A ^b   Golladay, Stephen W ^a   Hippe, Daniel J ^b   Mitchell, Robert J ^a   Palik, Brian J ^c  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0031824447     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313333     Document Type: Article

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