Fiji's Great Astrolabe Lagoon: Baseline study and management issues for a pristine marine environment

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 617-636

  Morrison, R J ^a   Naqasima, Milika R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS; SEDIMENTS; SHORE PROTECTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

PRISTINE MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

COASTAL ZONES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

FIJI;

EID: 0032838727     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-5691(99)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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