Establishing light requirements for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum: An example from Tampa Bay, Florida

Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 9-32

  Kellie Dixon, L ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420074475     Document Type: Chapter

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