Evaluating indicators of seagrass stress to light

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 193-210

  Biber, Patrick D ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^a   Gallegos, Charles L ^b   Judson Kenworthy, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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