Effects of sediment deposition on the seaweed Sargassum on a fringing coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-177

  Umar, M J ^a,c   McCook, L J ^d   Price, I R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NUSA CENDANA   (Indonesia)

^b Dept of Tropical Plant Sciences James Cook Univ of North Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 0031902645     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050111     Document Type: Article

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