Long-term effects of a ship-grounding on coral reef fish assemblages at Rose Atoll, American Samoa

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-364

  Schroeder, Robert E ^a   Green, Alison L ^b   DeMartini, Edward E ^a   Kenyon, Jean C ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; FISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); POLYNESIA; ROSE ATOLL;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; PISCES;

EID: 47249141667     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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