African and Asian dust: From desert soils to coral reefs

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 469-480

  Garrison, Virginia H ^a   Shinn, Eugene A ^a   Foreman, William T ^b   Griffin, Dale W ^a   Holmes, Charles W ^a   Kellogg, Christina A ^a   Majewski, Michael S ^c   Richardson, Laurie L ^d   Ritchie, Kim B ^e   Smith, Garriet W ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MicroGenetics Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromicrobiology; African dust; Asian dust; Contaminants; Coral reefs

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037567305     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0469:AAADFD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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