Everglades ridge and slough conceptual ecological model

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 810-820

  Ogden, John C ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual ecological model; Everglades; Freshwater wetland; Restoration planning

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 33751038506     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0810:ERASCE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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