Lake Worth Lagoon conceptual ecological model

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 943-954

  Crigger, Dianne K ^a   Graves, Greg A ^a   Fike, Dana L ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered hydrology; Boating and fishing pressure; Conceptual ecological model; Degraded water quality; Elevated nutrient loads; Lake Worth Lagoon; Loss of mangrove wetlands; Muck; Physical alterations; Salinity; Sediment loading; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 55949121592     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0943:LWLCEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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