Seasonal dynamics of macroalgal communities of the Northern Florida Reef Tract

Botanica Marina

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-314

  Lirman, D ^a   Biber, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; MACROALGA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA REEF TRACT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DICTYOTA; HALIMEDA; STYPOPODIUM; STYPOPODIUM ZONALE; TRICHOGLOEA REQUIENII;

EID: 0033865979     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2000.033     Document Type: Article

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