The impact of Hurricane Georges on soft-bottom, back reef communities: Site- and species-specific effects in south Florida seagrass beds

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-257

  Fourqurean, James W ^a   Rutten, Leanne M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; HURRICANE; MACROPHYTE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; HALIMEDA; HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; PENICILLUS; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 7544239839     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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