Physical environments of the Caribbean Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1233-1244

  Chollett, Iliana ^a,b   Mumby, Peter J ^a,b   Müller Karger, Frank E ^c   Hu, Chuanmin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84877257774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.4.1233     Document Type: Article

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