Evaluation of the health status of a coastal ecosystem in southeast Mexico: Assessment of water quality, phytoplankton and submerged aquatic vegetation

Marine Pollution Bulletin - Tập 59 Số 1-3 - Trang 72-86 - 2009
Jorge A. Herrera‐Silveira1, Sara M. Morales-Ojeda
1CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Merida, Km 6 Ant. Carr. a Progreso, Merida Yucatan, Mexico. [email protected]

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