Effects of eutrophication and sedimentation on juvenile corals - I. Abundance, mortality and community structure

Marine Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 131-138

  Wittenberg, M ^a,b   Hunte, W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; EUTROPHICATION; MORTALITY; SCLERACTINIAN; SEDIMENTATION;

BARBADOS;

DIADEMA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 0027037923     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: 14321793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349736     Document Type: Article

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