The phytoplankton distribution in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-342

  Ranston, Emma R ^a   Simmonds, Rose Marie A ^a   Webber, Dale F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HARBOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; KINGSTON HARBOUR;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1142265912     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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