Changes in water quality and plankton of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, after 20 years of continued eutrophication

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 361-378

  Webber, Mona K ^a   Webber, Dale F ^a   Ranston, Emma R ^a   Dunbar, Francine N ^a   Simmonds, Rose Marie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

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

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; LUCIFER FAXONI; LUCIFERIDAE; PARACALANUS; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; TEMORA TURBINATA;

EID: 1142277953     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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