Evaluating nearshore communities as indicators of ecosystem health

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 365-380

  Bilkovic, Donna Marie ^a   Hershner, Carl H ^a   Berman, Marcia R ^a   Havens, Kirk J ^a   Stanhope, David M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

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EID: 84988250222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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