Artificial reefs concentrate nutrients and alter benthic community structure in an oligotrophic, subtropical estuary

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 813-829

  Dewsbury, Bryan M ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PERIPHYTON; SEAGRASS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HALODULE WRIGHTII; INVERTEBRATA; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 77958569875     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2009.1066     Document Type: Article

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