Macroalgal (Boodlea composita) bloom at Kure and Midway atolls, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-363

  Vroom, Peter S ^a   Asher, Jacob ^a   Braun, Cristi L ^a   Coccagna, Edmund ^a   Vetter, Oliver J ^a   Cover, Wendy A ^b   McCully, Kristin M ^b   Potts, Donald C ^b   Marie, Amarisa ^c   Vanderlip, Cynthia ^c  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Boodlea composita; Coral; Hawaii; Macroalgae; Monk seal

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ATOLL; BEACH; DECOMPOSITION; FLUSHING; GROWTH RATE; LAGOON; MACROALGA; NATIVE SPECIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; SHALLOW WATER;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BOODLEA COMPOSITA; MONACHUS;

EID: 68949168967     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.001     Document Type: Article

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