ANTHROPOGENIC NUTRIENT POLLUTION OF CORAL REEFS IN SOUTHERN BAHIA, BRAZIL

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-279

  Costa, Ozeas S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal eutrophication; Coastal urbanization; Coral reef; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Seasonality; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349866197     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592007000400004     Document Type: Article

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