The 2002 ocean color anomaly in the Florida Bight: A cause of local coral reef decline?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Hackett, Keith E ^b   Callahan, Michael K ^b   Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Wheaton, Jennifer L ^b   Porter, James W ^c   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; REEFS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

COLOR; CORAL REEF; RED TIDE; SEAWATER;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037998565     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016479     Document Type: Article

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