Lagoon scale processes in a coastally influenced Caribbean system: Implications for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-455

  Carruthers, T J B ^a,b   Barnes, P A G ^a,c   Jacome, G E ^a   Fourqurean, J W ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bocas del Toro; Nitrogen; Nutrient processes; Panama; Phosphorus; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL LAGOON; NUTRIENT; RAINFALL; SEAGRASS;

BOCAS DEL TORO; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 31344464404     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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