Spatio-temporal variability in macroalgal assemblages of American Samoa

Phycologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 574-591

  Tribollet, Aline D ^a,c   Schils, Tom ^b   Vroom, Peter S ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Coral reefs; Macroalgal abundance; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; HALIMEDA; MICRODICTYON; RHIPILIA;

EID: 79951653050     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/09-63.1     Document Type: Article

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