Benthic Macrophyte Distribution and Abundance in Estuarine Mangrove Lakes and Estuaries: Relationships to Environmental Variables

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-31

  Frankovich, Thomas Anthony ^a,b   Morrison, Douglas ^b   Fourqurean, James Warren ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Bay Interagency Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chara; Halodule; Light; Nutrients; Salinity; SAV; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEDROCK; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE; MANGROVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CHARA; HALODULE;

EID: 78650706162     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9279-0     Document Type: Article

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