Latest forty two years' sea surface temperature change of Weizhou Island and its influence on coral reef ecosystem

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-510

  Yu, Kefu ^a,b   Jiang, Mingxing ^c   Cheng, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Tegu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Earthquake Administration of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Ecosystem influence; Mankind activities; Sea surface temperature; Weizhou Island

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

CORAL REEF; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 2542504897     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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