Sea surface temperature variability in Panamá and Galápagos: Extreme temperatures causing coral bleaching

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C7, 1997, Pages 15749-15759

  Podestá, Guillermo P ^a   Glynn, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

CORAL BLEACHING; ENSO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PANAMA;

EID: 0030724388     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03557     Document Type: Article

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