Historic primary producer communities linked to water quality and hydrologic changes in the northern Everglades

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-81

  Waters, Matthew N ^a   Smoak, Joseph M ^b   Saunders, Colin J ^c  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c South Florida Waters Management District   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida Everglades; Marl; Paleoecology; Phosphorus; Photosynthetic pigments

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; HABITAT LOSS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMPOUNDMENT; MACROPHYTE; MINERAL RESOURCE; PHOSPHORUS; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; TYPHA;

EID: 84872617797     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9569-y     Document Type: Article

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