Bleaching and hurricane disturbances to populations of coral recruits in Belize

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-35

  Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Community structure; Coral recruitment; Hurricane mitch; Mortality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT;

BELIZE; GLOVERS ATOLL;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033554803     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190027     Document Type: Article

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