Assessment of selected reef sites in northern and southern central Belize, including recovery from bleaching and hurricane disturbances (stony corals, algae and fish)

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 496, 2003, Pages 146-171

  Peckol, Paulette M ^a   Curran, H Allen ^a   Floyd, Emily Y ^b   Robbart, Martha L ^a,c   Greenstein, Benjamin J ^d   Buckman, Kate L ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; WARMING;

ACROPORA PALMATA; AGARICIA TENUIFOLIA; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0347664047     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.496-8.146     Document Type: Article

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