An analysis of the loss of acroporid corals at Looe Key, Florida, USA: 1983-2000

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-182

  Miller, Margaret W ^a   Bourque, A S ^a   Bohnsack, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora cervicornis; Acropora palmata; Coral decline; Florida Keys

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0036944394     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0228-7     Document Type: Article

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