Destruction of Florida Bay seagrasses by a grazing front of Sea urchins

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 593-601

  Maciá, Silvia ^a   Lirman, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033303708     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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