Beaman, Barbara.  (1973).  Plant community structure and vegetational zones on spoil islands in Sarasota Bay and Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  Unpublished senior thesis, New College [University of South Florida], Sarasota.

Bell, S. S,. M. O. Hall, S. Soffian and  K. Madley.  (2002).  Assessing the impact of boat propeller scars on fish and shrimp utilizing seagrass beds.  Ecological Applications, 12(1): 206-217.
(Bell, et al examined the relationship between damage from prop scarring in seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) beds and the abundance of three faunal taxa commonly associated with seagrass vegetation in Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay, Florida.)

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection.  (1998).  Development of GIS-based maps to determine the status and trends of oligohaline vegetation in the tidal Peace and Myakka Rivers.  22 pp.  St. Petersburg, FL: Florida Marine Research Institute.

Fraser, Thomas H. and Ralph T. Montgomery.  (1997).  Compendium of existing monitoring programs in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  187 pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.
(This report describes monitoring programs for the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program study area.(including the Myakka River).The objectives of this report are to: 1) identify and describe all existing land, air, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and vegetation, and water monitoring programs that pertain to the study area; 2) provide a summary of those programs both temporally and geographically; 3) help identify areas where monitoring is lacking or where protocols are inconsistent; and 4) assist existing programs in coordinating their efforts and increase understanding of programs across organizations.)

Johansson, J. and T. Reis.  (1997).  Seagrass in Tampa Bay: historic trends and future expectations.  In Proceedings: Tampa Bay Area Scientific Information Symposium 3: Applying our Knowledge (pp. 139-150).  St. Petersburg, FL: Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.

McPherson, B. F. and Miller, R. L.  (1989).  Effects of freshwater inflow on the phytoplankton carbon-14 productivity and chlorophyll-a in the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system, Southwest Florida.  In U. S. Geological Survey Second National Symposium on Water Quality, Orlando, FL, November 12-17, 1989.  Open-file report / U. S. Geological Survey ; 89-409.  Reston, VA: U. S. Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey.

McPherson, B. F. and R. L. Miller.  (1987).  Vertical attenuation of light in Charlotte Harbor, a shallow, subtropical estuary, Southwest Florida: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 25(6): 721-737.
(Examines the contribution of different components to the attenuation of light  in the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system using laboratory and in situ measurements.)

Soffian, Sheri.  (1998).  Effects of propeller scarring and seagrass density upon Syngathus scovelli (Pisces: Syngnathidae) abundances in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Florida.  51 pp.  Unpublished master's thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Tomasko, D. A. and M. O. Hall-Ruark.  (1999).  Productivity and biomass of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum along a gradient of freshwater influence in Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  Estuaries, 22(3A): 592-602.
(The study sampled eight seagrass meadows dominated by Thalassia testudinum, which represented a gradient of freshwater influence in Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  Spatial and temporal variation in the density, biomass, productivity, and epiphyte loads of short shoots were determined)

Tomasko, D. A. and M. O. Hall-Ruark.  (1997).  Productivity and biomass of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum along a gradient of freshwater influence in Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  In Sally Treat (Ed.).  Proceedings of the 1997 Charlotte Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium (pp. 121-130).

Treat, Sally F. (Ed.).  (1997).  Charlotte Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium.  Proceedings of the Charlotte Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium, March 1997, Punta Gorda, FL.  274 pp.  West Palm Beach, FL:: South Florida Water Management District ; North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.