Partial mortality in Porites corals: Variation among Philippine reefs

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-85

  Wesseling, Ineke ^a   Uychiaoco, Andre J ^b   Aliño, Porfirio M ^b   Vermaat, Jan E ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coral cover; Impact assessment; Lesions; Siltation; Tissue necrosis; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; MORTALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PHILIPPINES;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0035150433     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200101)86:1<77::AID-IROH77>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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