Historic records of phosphorus levels in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis from Tobago, West Indies

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1012-1018

  Kumarsingh, Kishan ^a,d   Laydoo, Richard ^b   Chen, Jeffery K ^c   Siung Chang, Avril M ^a,e  

^a Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c Lange PML Caribbean Ltd   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d Environmental Management Authority   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS;

EID: 0032412423     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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