A tank system for studying benthic aquatic organisms at predictable levels of turbidity and sedimentation: Case study examining coral growth

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1415-1422

  Anthony, Kenneth R N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA RETIFORMIS; PORITES CYLINDRICA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0032854644     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.6.1415     Document Type: Article

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