Changes in a coral population on reefs of the northern Florida Keys following a coral disease epizootic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 147-156

  Richardson, Laurie L ^a   Voss, Joshua D ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Coral reefs; Dichocoenia stokesi; Population structure; Reef degradation; White plague type II

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; DICHOCOENIA STOKESI;

EID: 24044435237     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297147     Document Type: Article

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