Gap dynamics in a seagrass landscape

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 493-504

  Bell, Susan S ^a   Robbins, Bradley D ^a   Jensen, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Gaps; Halodule wrightii; Landscape; Patch dynamics; Sea grasses; Sedimentation; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

HALODULE;

EID: 0033428167     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900097     Document Type: Article

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