Spread of a black-band disease epizootic through the coral reef system in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 919-928

  Bruckner, Andrew W ^a   Bruckner, Robin J ^a   Williams Jr , Ernest H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; DISEASE SPREAD; DISPERSION;

JAMAICA;

ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA CLIVOSA; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM CORALLYTICUM; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 0031291264     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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