Response of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana to the 1997-2001 El Niño Southern Oscillation shifts

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-225

  Hyun, Jung Cho ^a,b   Poirrier, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTUARY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS GUADALUPENSIS; POTAMOGETON PERFOLIATUS; RUPPIA MARITIMA; SAN ANGELO VIRUS; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 20344386489     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02732856     Document Type: Article

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