The effects of varying levels of eutrophication on phytoplankton and seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) populations of the southeast coast of Jamaica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 443-455

  Green, Sean O ^a   Webber, Dale F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS;

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

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 1142281773     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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