Benthic communities associated with carbonate rubble and adjacent soft sediments in a shallow coastal area of O'ahu, Hawai'i

Pacific Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Mccarthy, S A ^a,b   Bailey Brock, J H ^c   Estabrooks, W A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawai'i at Manoa ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; CARBONATE; SOFT BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SUBTIDAL ZONE;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, OAHU; USA, HAWAII, OAHU;

EID: 0031854322     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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