Millennial-scale dynamics of staghorn coral in Discovery Bay, Jamaica

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-361

  Wapnick, Cheryl M ^a,b,d   Precht, William F ^c   Aronson, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c PBS and J   (United States)

^d PBS and J   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Caribbean; Coral disease; Coral reef; Macroalgae; Paleoecology; Phase shift; White band disease

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISEASE; MASS MORTALITY; PALEOECOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DISCOVERY BAY; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; HIATUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 1842833494     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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