Coral cover and partial mortality on anthropogenically impacted coral reefs at Eilat, northern Red Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 248-253

  Wielgus, Jeffrey ^a,b   Chadwick Furman, Nanette E ^a,b   Dubinsky, Zvy ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral; Diving; Mortality; Nutrients; Pollution; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REEFS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

CORAL REEFS; PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

NITROGEN;

CORAL REEF; MARINE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; SCUBA DIVING;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DIVING; INDIAN OCEAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1242274407     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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