Environmental assessment of vegetation and hydrological conditions in Everglades freshwater marshes using multiple geochemical proxies

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 271-291

  Saunders, Colin J ^a   Gao, Min ^b   Jaffé, Rudolf ^b  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Everglades; Hydrology; Macrofossils; Molecular; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925518249     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-014-0385-0     Document Type: Article

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