Indirect hurricane effects on resource availability and microbial communities in a subtropical wetland-estuary transition zone

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-214

  Williams, Clayton J ^a   Boyer, Joseph N ^a   Jochem, Frank J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Florida Bay; Florida Everglades; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSITION ZONE; WETLAND;

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

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 46249083886     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9007-6     Document Type: Article

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