Integrated conceptual ecological model and habitat indices for the southwest Florida coastal wetlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-107

  Wingard, G Lynn ^a   Lorenz, Jerome J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Ecological indicators; Everglades; Florida; Mangroves

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL WETLANDS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; MANGROVES;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; TRANSITION ZONE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84904662498     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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