Reef Geology and Biology of Navassa Island

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 407-433

  Miller, Margaret W ^a   Halley, Robert B ^b   Gleason, Arthur C R ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic Cover; Cayman Island; Coral Reef; Crustose Coralline Alga; Lower Terrace

Indexed keywords

EID: 85199444048     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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