African dust and the demise of Caribbean coral reefs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3029-3032

  Shinn, Eugene A ^a   Smith, Garriet W ^b   Prospero, Joseph M ^c   Betzer, Peter ^d   Hayes, Marshall L ^e   Garrison, Virginia ^a   Barber, Richard T ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DUST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASPERGILLUS; REEFS; CLAY; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI;

AFRICAN DUST; AIR SAMPLES; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; DUST TRANSPORT; SOIL DUST; SOIL FUNGI;

DUST; REEFS;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; DIADEMA; FUNGI; GORGONACEA;

AFRICAN DUST; CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS;

EID: 0033625897     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011599     Document Type: Article

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