Inhibition of reef framework by frequent disturbance: Examples from the Arabian Gulf, South Africa, and the Cayman Islands

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 79-101

  Riegl, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Caribbean; Coral reef; Disturbance; Episodic event; Framework; Hurricane; Mass mortality; Rubble deposits; Scleractinia; South Africa; Temperature anomaly

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CORAL REEF; INHIBITION; PALEOECOLOGY; REEF FORMATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVE ENERGY;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0035924546     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00387-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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