Vegetative characteristics of three low-lying Florida coastal rivers in relation to flow, light, salinity and nutrients

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 31-43

  Hoyer, Mark ^a   Frazer, Thomas ^a   Notestein, Sky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; light; macroalgae; macrophytes; nutrient load; nutrients; SAV; streams; submersed aquatic vegetation; substrate

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE OUTCROPPINGS; MACROPHYTES; NUTRIENT LOADS; SUBMERSED AQUATIC VEGETATION (SAV);

BIODIVERSITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIGHT; LIMESTONE; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; FLORISTICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

CHASSAHOWITZKA RIVER; CRYSTAL RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HOMOSASSA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 7244242507     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-1658-8     Document Type: Article

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