Human impacts on large benthic foraminifers near a densely populated area of Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1279-1287

  Osawa, Yoko ^a   Fujita, Kazuhiko ^b   Umezawa, Yu ^c   Kayanne, Hajime ^a   Ide, Yoichi ^d   Nagaoka, Tatsutoshi ^b   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^a   Yamano, Hiroya ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Oceanic Planning Corporation   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Human impact; Large benthic foraminifer; Majuro Atoll; Nutrient; Reef island

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS; FORAMINIFERS; HABITAT CHANGE; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMAN POPULATION; LARGE BENTHIC FORAMINIFER; MACRO-ALGAE; MACROPHYTES; MAJURO ATOLL; N VALUE; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REEFS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WASTEWATER;

EUTROPHICATION;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CORAL REEF; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MACROPHYTE; MARSHALL ISLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FORAMINIFER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

MAJURO ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

ALGAE; AMPHISTEGINA; CALCARINA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77955417256     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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