Reef morphology and community structure along a fluvial gradient, Rio Bueno, Jamaica

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Mallela, Jennie ^a   Perry, Christopher T ^a   Haley, Michael P ^b,c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory   (Jamaica)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef zonation; Dornock river; Fluvial inputs; Nutrients; Sediment stress; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FRESHWATER INPUT; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; RIO BUENO; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; PORITES; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 13244292225     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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