Coral bleaching and elevated sea-water temperature in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 1996

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 513-516

  Davies, Jocelyn M ^a,b   Dunne, Richard P ^a   Brown, Barbara E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Box 412   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; SEA TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

MILNE BAY PROVINCE; PAPUA NEW GUINES;

ACROPORA; POCILLOPORA;

EID: 0031446874     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96128     Document Type: Article

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