Mapping ecosystem processes and function across shallow seascapes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Maher, Damien ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Functional; Habitat; Mapping; Process; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79955476540     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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