Vegetation:environment relationships and water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 291-303

  Ross, M S ^a   Reed, D L ^a   Sah, J P ^a,b   Ruiz, P L ^a   Lewin, M T ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bayhead swamps; Hydrology; Long hydroperiod wetlands; Sawgrass marsh; Soils; South Florida; Spikerush marsh; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROPERIOD; SWAMP; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; SHARK SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELEOCHARIS;

EID: 0347598140     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000005541.30283.11     Document Type: Article

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