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Title: Mass Mortality of the Tropical Seagrass Thalassia-Testudinum in Florida Bay (USA).

Authors: Robblee, M. B., T. R. Barber, P. R. Carlson, M. J. Durako, J. W. Fourqurean, L. K. Muehlstein, D. Porter, L. A. Yarbro, R. T. Zieman, and J. C. Zieman.

Citation: Robblee, M. B., T. R. Barber, P. R. Carlson, M. J. Durako, J. W. Fourqurean, L. K. Muehlstein, D. Porter, L. A. Yarbro, R. T. Zieman, and J. C. Zieman. 1991. Mass Mortality of the Tropical Seagrass Thalassia-Testudinum in Florida Bay (USA). Marine Ecology-Progress Series 71, no. 3: 297-99.

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Keywords: seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, Florida Bay, USA, mortality, submerged macrophytes, estuaries, estuary, commercial fisheries, fishing, pathogen, protista, hypoxia, oxygen, marine, saltwater, United states of America, management, benthic seagrass

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