A new method to describe seagrass habitat sampled during fisheries-independent monitoring

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-178

  Jackson, Jered B ^a   Nemeth, Douglas J ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEAGRASS;

EID: 34247258852     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02782977     Document Type: Article

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