Fish kills in Florida's canals, creeks/rivers, and ponds/lakes

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Hoyer, Mark V ^a   Watson, D L ^a   Willis, D J ^a   Canfield Jr , D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish kill; Florida; Human causes; Limnological data; Natural causes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650680837     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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