Bleaching damage and recovery potential of Maldivian coral reefs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 587-597

  McClanahan, T R ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservition Society   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Atolls; Bleaching; Coral recruitment and mortality; Disturbance; El Nino; Maldives

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RECRUITMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

MALDIVES;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASTREOPORA; COSCINAREA; MONTIPORA; PAVONA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES;

EID: 0033948218     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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