Aspects of Biology and Ecological Functioning of Coral Reefs in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 719-739

  Richmond, Robert H ^a   Houk, Peter ^b   Trianni, Michael ^c   Wolanski, Eric ^d   Davis, Gerry ^e   Bonito, Victor ^f   Paul, Valerie J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CNMI Division of Environmental Quality   (Northern Mariana Islands)

^c Public Health and Hospital Emergency Preparedness Office   (Northern Mariana Islands)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f Reef Explorer Fiji   (Fiji)

^g SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral Reef; Holocene Reef; Mariana Island; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion; Reef Fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649274051     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_19     Document Type: Chapter

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