Decadal changes in seagrass distribution and abundance in Florida Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 445-459

  Hall, Margaret O ^a   Durako, Michael J ^b   Fourqurean, James W ^c   Zieman, Joseph C ^d  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECADAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0032880546     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353210     Document Type: Article

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