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Composition, export, and import of drift vegetation on a tropical, plant-dominated, fringing-reef platform (Caribbean Panama)

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Date Issued:
1988
Title: Composition, export, and import of drift vegetation on a tropical, plant-dominated, fringing-reef platform (Caribbean Panama).
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Name(s): Kilar, J. A., creator
Norris, James N., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1988
Publisher: Springer
Extent: 12 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3333112 (digitool), FADT3333112 (IID), fau:6236 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00301647 (doi)
Note(s): For 15 months, the composition and abundance of drift vegetation were determined from a plantdominated fringing reef at Galeta Point, Caribbean Panama. Five nets located downstream of the reef platform continuously sampled 1.0–1.3 ha of reef flat which included 137–202 m of fore reef. Time series and multiple correlation analysis were done to evaluate the dependence of drift biomass on selected physical and biological factors. Export and import rates and turnover times were derived and compared between the dominant species.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Kilar, J. A., & Norris, J. N. (1988). Composition, export, and import of drift vegetation on a tropical, plant-dominated, fringing-reef platform (Caribbean Panama). Coral Reefs, 7(2), 93-103. doi:10.1007/BF00301647
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #634.
Subject(s): Reefs
Galeta Point (Panama)
Drift
Biomass
Coral reefs and islands
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333112
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00301647
Restrictions on Access: ©1988 Springer
Host Institution: FAU