Analysis of the abundance of submersed aquatic vegetation communities in the Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-127

  Moore, Kenneth A ^a   Wilcox, David J ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC VEGETATION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; MODEL; POTAMOGETON; RUPPIA; SEASONALITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; ZOSTERA;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

POTAMOGETON; RUPPIA; SAN ANGELO VIRUS; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0034008714     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353229     Document Type: Article

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