Water quality assessment in the Mexican Caribbean: Impacts on the coastal ecosystem

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-72

  Hernández Terrones, Laura M ^a   Null, Kimberly A ^b   Ortega Camacho, Daniela ^a   Paytan, Adina ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Estuary; Lagoon; Nutrient; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84928643245     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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