Riverine input of particulate material and inorganic nutrients to a coastal reef ecosystem at the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1937-1943

  Roder, Cornelia ^a   Cortés, Jorge ^b   Jiménez, Carlos ^b   Lara, Rubén ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MERCURY CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

CORAL REEF; MARINE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; COSTA RICA; GRAVIMETRY; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COSTA RICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 71549171422     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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