Coral Reef Ecosystems Research and Protection: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 23, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... Station in Belize . During that time , she conducted research on coral • : diseases . In the mid 1980's Dr. Santavy worked on coral reefs in Bermuda , Jamaica , and the Bahamas , for her doctoral research . Her research focused on ...
... Station in Belize . During that time , she conducted research on coral • : diseases . In the mid 1980's Dr. Santavy worked on coral reefs in Bermuda , Jamaica , and the Bahamas , for her doctoral research . Her research focused on ...
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... stations on coral reefs at Dry Tortugas . In : Jaap WC ( ed ) Diving for Science ... 1990 , Proc . Am Acad ... station for research in biology . Science 17 : 190-192 . National Research Council ( 1990 ) Managing troubled waters : the ...
... stations on coral reefs at Dry Tortugas . In : Jaap WC ( ed ) Diving for Science ... 1990 , Proc . Am Acad ... station for research in biology . Science 17 : 190-192 . National Research Council ( 1990 ) Managing troubled waters : the ...
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... stations have in common that they are all inside protected areas . All six regions lost coral species between the initial survey year and the most recent survey in 1991 ( see Figure 1 ) . Survey areas lost between one and four species ...
... stations have in common that they are all inside protected areas . All six regions lost coral species between the initial survey year and the most recent survey in 1991 ( see Figure 1 ) . Survey areas lost between one and four species ...
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... stations exhibited coral disease . White band is of unknown pathogenic origin ; black band appears to be caused by an infection of the blue - green alga , Formidium . Unfortunately , we know little about the epidemiology nor anything ...
... stations exhibited coral disease . White band is of unknown pathogenic origin ; black band appears to be caused by an infection of the blue - green alga , Formidium . Unfortunately , we know little about the epidemiology nor anything ...
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... stations . Mr. SCHEUER . Through your station in Florida ? Dr. PORTER . We have not seen them in our stations in Florida , that is correct . This also complements the work that Dr. Jaap de- scribed on the settling plates as well . We ...
... stations . Mr. SCHEUER . Through your station in Florida ? Dr. PORTER . We have not seen them in our stations in Florida , that is correct . This also complements the work that Dr. Jaap de- scribed on the settling plates as well . We ...
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