Assessment of the Andros Island reef system, Bahamas (part 1: Stony corals and algae)

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 496, 2003, Pages 76-99

  Kramer, Philip A ^a   Kramer, Patricia Richards ^a   Ginsburg, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CORAL REEF; GRAZING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 0345772103     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.496-5.76     Document Type: Article

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