Dynamics of a subtidal seagrass landscape: Seasonal and annual change in relation to water depth

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1193-1205

  Robbins, Bradley D ^a,b   Bell, Susan S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape dynamics; Landscape heterogeneity; Seagrass species transition; Seagrass succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEPTH; HETEROGENEITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FLORIDA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0033946994     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1193:DOASSL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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