Influence of Kingston Harbor on the phytoplankton community of the nearshore Hellshire coast, southeast Jamaica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-258

  Webber, Dale F ^a   Roff, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; HARBOUR INFLUENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

JAMAICA, KINGSTON HARBOUR; WEST INDIES, GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 0029669794     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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