The effects of dock height on light irradiance (PAR) and seagrass (Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme) cover

Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 49-64

  Beal, Jeffrey L ^a   Schmit, Brandon S ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420074475     Document Type: Chapter

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