The lagoon at Caroline/Millennium Atoll, Republic of Kiribati: Natural history of a nearly pristine ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Barott, Katie L ^a   Caselle, Jennifer E ^b   Dinsdale, Elizabeth A ^a   Friedlander, Alan M ^c   Maragos, James E ^d   Obura, David ^e   Rohwer, Forest L ^a   Sandin, Stuart A ^f   Smith, Jennifer E ^f   Zgliczynski, Brian ^f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CAULERPA; CLAM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HALIMEDA; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CAULERPA; FAVIA MATTHAII; HALIMEDA; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 77956202087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010950     Document Type: Article

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