Sewage pollution in Negril, Jamaica: Effects on nutrition and ecology of coral reef macroalgae

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-789

  Lapointe, B E ^a   Thacker, K ^b   Hanson, C ^b   Getten, L ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

carbon; eutrophication; macroalgae; nitrogen; phosphorus; sewage; stable nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA CUPRESSOIDES; CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM ISTHMOCLADUM; LINUM;

EID: 82055199047     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-011-0506-8     Document Type: Article

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