Vulnerability and resilience of seagrasses to hurricane and runoff impacts along Florida's west coast

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-53

  Carlson Jr , Paul R ^a   Yarbro, Laura A ^a   Kaufman, Kristen A ^b   Mattson, Robert A ^c  

^a Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^b Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^c ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; Florida Big Bend; Hurricanes; Optical water quality; Seagrass; Storm impacts

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; FLORIDA; FLORIDA BIG BEND; OPTICAL WATER; SEAGRASSES; STORM IMPACTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE MODELS; DISSOLUTION; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EL NINO; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEAGRASS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 77952430583     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0257-0     Document Type: Article

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