Sea level rise in the everglades: Plant-soil-microbial feedbacks in response to changing physical conditions

Microbiology of the Everglades Ecosystem

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 89-112

  Chambers, Lisa G ^a   Davis, Stephen E ^b   Troxler, Tiffany G ^c  

^a Saint Louis University School of Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b18253     Document Type: Chapter

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