Controls acting on benthic macrophyte communities in a temperate and a tropical estuary

Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 203-226

  Fox, Sophia E ^a   Olsen, Ylra S ^b   Teichberg, Mirta ^c   Valiela, Ivan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Zentrum für Marintropenökologie   (Germany)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Eutrophication; Herbivory; Macroalgae; Nutrients; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865553751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1420088304     Document Type: Chapter

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