Response of epiphytic foraminiferal communities to natural eutrophication in seagrass habitats off Man O'War Cay, Belize

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-416

  Richardson, Susan L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Epiphytes; Eutrophication; Foraminifera; Seabirds; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL WATER; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FORAMINIFERA; HABITAT; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEABIRD; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

AVES; CORNUSPIRAMIA ANTILLARUM; FORAMINIFERA; SULA LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 33751520007     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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