Periphyton light transmission relationships in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys, USA

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-30

  Frankovich, Thomas A ^a,b   Zieman, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Florida Bay Interagency Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coralline algae; Florida Bay; Light attenuation; Periphyton; Seagrass epiphytes; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PERIPHYTON;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 23744464465     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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