Patterns in the distribution and abundance of hard corals around Zanzibar Island

Ambio

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 609-611

  Mbije, Nsajigwa E ^a   Wagner, Gregory M ^b   Francis, Julius ^c   Öhman, Marcus C ^d   Garpe, Kajsa ^d  

^a National Museum of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c WIOMS   (Tanzania)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036990853     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-31.7.609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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