Seagrass die-off in Florida Bay: Long-term trends in abundance and growth of turtle grass, Thalassia testudinum

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 460-470

  Zieman, Joseph C ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^b   Frankovich, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0032858004     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353211     Document Type: Article

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