Long-term changes in the concentration of zooplankton and particulate material over a fringing reef in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 763-772

  Jacobson, Lianne M ^a,b   Edmunds, Peter J ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; REEF; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

COPEPODA;

EID: 77954910402     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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