Human impacts on marine environments in the West Indies during the middle to late Holocene

Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 157-174

  Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^a   Keegan, William F ^b   Sealey, Kathleen Sullivan ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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