Spatial and temporal variance of river discharge on Okinawa (Japan): Inferring the temporal impact on adjacent coral reefs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 864-872

  West, K ^a   Van Woesik, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Landscape ecology; Rivers; Terrestrial discharge

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

CORAL REEFS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

OXYGEN;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CORAL REEF; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; JAPAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RIVER; SEASHORE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; JAPAN; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034789966     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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