Charlotte Harbor initiative: Assessing the ecological health of southwest Florida's Charlotte Harbor estuary

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-284

  Pierce, Richard H ^a   Wetzel, Dana L ^a   Estevez, Ernest D ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charlotte Harbor; Estuarine ecosystem health; Integrated study

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYPOXIA;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; GROWTH; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; HUMANS;

CHARLOTTE HARBOR; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543043120     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000023571.55816.2c     Document Type: Review

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