Lake Okeechobee conceptual ecological model

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 908-925

  Havens, Karl E ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Littoral zone; Nutrient loading; Shallow lake; Water level; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33746019026     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0908:LOCEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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