Tourism's nitrogen footprint on a Mesoamerican coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 691-699

  Baker, D M ^a,b,d   Rodriguez Martinez R E ^c   Fogel, M L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Coral; Eutrophication; Gorgonia ventalina; Gorgonian; Mesoamerican barrier reef; Monitoring; Nitrogen; Sewage; Stable isotope; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOTPRINT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOURISM MARKET;

AKUMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MAHAHUAL; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; GORGONIA VENTALINA;

EID: 84881235264     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1040-2     Document Type: Article

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