Corals in a non-reef setting in the southern Arabian Gulf (Dubai, UAE): Fauna and community structure in response to recurring mass mortality

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Riegl, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Coral community structure; Coral fauna; Mass mortality; Sedimentation; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FAUNA; MASS MORTALITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CLATHRATA; ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; FAVIIDAE; PORITES COMPRESSA; PORITES LUTEA; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA SAVIGNYANA;

EID: 0032771164     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050156     Document Type: Article

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