Lengthening reef recovery times from crown-of-thorns outbreaks signal systemic degradation of the great barrier reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 176, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-10

  Seymour, R M ^a   Bradbury, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active outbreaks; Bayesian statistics; Community structure; Crown of thorns; Mathematical model; Reef degradation; Reef recovery; State transition probabilities

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECHINODERM; GRAZING PRESSURE; REEF;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI;

EID: 0033580002     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps176001     Document Type: Article

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