Particulate organic matter in sixteen Tuamotu atoll lagoons (French Polynesia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 55-65

  Charpy, Loïc ^a   Dufour, Philippe ^a   Garcia, Nicole ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b LOB   (France)

Author keywords

Atoll; Carbon; Geomorphology; Nitrogen; Pacific; Particulate matter; Phosphorus; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ATOLL LAGOONS; OYSTER CULTURE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

EID: 0030618754     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151055     Document Type: Article

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