Kingston Harbour, Jamaica - An overview

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Goodbody, Ivan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARBOR;

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

EID: 1142277913     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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