The managed recession of Lake Okeechobee, Florida: Integrating science and natural resource management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Steinman, Alan ^a   Havens, Karl ^b   Hornung, Lewis ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

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EID: 54249151553     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00417-060217     Document Type: Article

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