A conceptual ecological model of Florida Bay

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 870-883

  Rudnick, David T ^a   Ortner, Peter B ^b   Browder, Joan A ^c   Davis, Steven M ^d  

^a South Florida Water Management District ^*  (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d RECOVER Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecosystem restoration; Estuaries; Everglades; Florida Bay; Freshwater flow; Salinity effects; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 33744524328     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0870:ACEMOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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