Estuarine artificial reefs to enhance seagrass planting and provide fish habitat

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 59-74

  Heise, Ryan J ^a,b   Bortone, Stephen A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c Conservancy of Southwest Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; SEAGRASS;

CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033501196     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.1702.01     Document Type: Article

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