Significance of considering multiple environmental variables when using habitat as an indicator of estuarine condition

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 211-228

  Hunt, Melody J ^a   Doering, Peter H ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

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EID: 85055375164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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