Marine Water Quality at Diego Garcia: A Preliminary Study of Pollution Levels in Coastal and Lagoon Waters

Marine Water Quality at Diego Garcia: A Preliminary Study of Pollution Levels in Coastal and Lagoon Waters

Diego Garcia is the largest atoll within the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Since the 1960s it has been a military base, populated only by military and support personnel. Infrastructure includes sewage treatment works, a waste disposal facility and an airbase. Lagoon use includes boating an...

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Main Authors: Suzanne J. Painting, Paul Nelson, Andy J. Smith, Carolyn A. Graves, Andy Powell, Philippe Bersuder, Samuel Bullen, Simeon Archer-Rand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
baseline
nutrients
indicators
microbiology
fecal
contaminant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.671319/full

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