The rocky intertidal biota of the Florida Keys: Fifty-two years of change after Stephenson and Stephenson (1950)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Smith, Tyler B ^a,c   Purcell, John ^a   Barimo, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CHAETOMORPHA; CLADOPHORA; ULVA;

EID: 33947500082     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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