Mesohaline submerged aquatic vegetation survey along the U.S. gulf of Mexico coast, 2000: A stratified random approach

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Carter, Jacoby ^a   Merino, Joy H ^b   Merino, Sergio L ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c IAP World Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROWING SEASON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROALGA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 77949387532     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2701.01     Document Type: Article

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