Variability in drift macroalgal abundance in relation to biotic and abiotic factors in two seagrass dominated estuaries in the Western Gulf of Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-629

  Kopecky, Andrea L ^a   Dunton, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; BIOTIC FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE; NORTH AMERICA; REDFISH BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 33749628858     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02784286     Document Type: Article

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