Anegada: An Emergent Pleistocene Reef Island

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-60

  Gore, Shannon ^a  

^a Government of the Virgin Islands ^*  (Virgin Islands (British))

Author keywords

Coral Reef; Live Coral Coverage; Mangrove Forest; Patch Reef; Reef Crest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931567799     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5965-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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