A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Berkelmans, Ray ^a,b   De'ath, Glenn ^a,b   Kininmonth, Stuart ^a,b   Skirving, William J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral bleaching; Great Barrier Reef; Sea surface temperature; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CORAL BLEACHING; MAPPING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 2442422325     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0353-y     Document Type: Review

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