Submerged aquatic vegetation in the mesohaline region of the Patuxent estuary: Past, present, and future status

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-195

  Stankelis, Robert M ^a   Naylor, Michael D ^b   Boynton, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 0037707468     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02695961     Document Type: Article

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