Land use, water quality, and the history of coral assemblages at Bocas del Toro, Panamá

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 504, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-170

  Aronson, Richard B ^a,b   Hilbun, Nancy L ^b,c   Bianchi, Thomas S ^d   Filley, Timothy R ^e   McKee, Brent A ^f  

^a Department of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Agaricia tenuifolia; Bocas del Toro; Coral reefs; Eutrophication; Land use; Nutrient loading; Phase shift; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFALL; WATER QUALITY;

ALMIRANTE BAY; BOCAS DEL TORO; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84902137124     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10765     Document Type: Article

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