PCB 5443

Advanced Ecology - Communities and Ecosystems

Spring 2012



Instructor: Jim Fourqurean, MSB 360, jim.fourqurean@fiu.edu.


 

Literature Reading List

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Fourqurean, J. W., J. N. Boyer, M. J. Durako, L. N. Hefty, and B. J. Peterson. 2003. Forecasting responses of seagrass distributions to changing water quality using monitoring data. Ecological Applications 13:474-489.

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