Paleoenvironmental assessment of recent environmental changes in Florida Bay, USA: A biomarker based study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Xu, Yunping ^a   Holmes, Charles W ^b   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; environmental change; Florida Bay; mangrove; seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LIPID; MANGROVE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAGRASS; STEROL;

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

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34247584013     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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