Modeling the dynamics of three functional groups of macroalgae in tropical seagrass habitats

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-54

  Biber, Patrick D ^a,b   Harwell, Mark A ^a,c   Cropper Jr , Wendell P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistic growth; Macroalgae; Seagrass; Sensitivity analysis; Thalassia testudinum; Validation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MACROALGA; SEAGRASS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 2042483850     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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