Coral bleaching on high-latitude marginal reefs at Sodwana Bay, South Africa

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1380-1387

  Celliers, Louis ^a   Schleyer, Michael H ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral communities; High latitude; Marginal reefs; Sea temperature; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLEACHING; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORALS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

SEA WATER;

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CORAL; CORAL REEF; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; SEA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACROPORA; ALCYONIIDAE; ALVEOPORA SPONGIOSA; ANTHOZOA; LOBOPHYTUM; LOBOPHYTUM DEPRESSUM; MONTIPORA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA DURA;

EID: 0036894209     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00302-8     Document Type: Article

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