White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 460, Issue , 2001, Pages 25-38

  Aronson, Richard B ^a,b   Precht, William F ^c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c PBS and J   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Caribbean; Coral disease; Coral reef; Reef geology; White band disease

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; REEFS;

CORAL MORTALITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; MORTALITY;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; AGARICIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORITES;

EID: 0035885896     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013103928980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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