The aftermath of coral bleaching on a Maldivian reef - A quantitative study

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Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 80-92

  Schuhmacher, Helmut ^a   Loch, Karen ^b   Loch, Wolfgang ^b   See, Wolf R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Fakultät für Medizin Abtlg für Physiology ^*  (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Coral recruitment; Re colonisation; Reef structure; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; RECOLONIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORIDAE; AGARICIIDAE; ANTHOZOA; DIPLOASTREA HELIOPORA; PAVONA VARIANS; POCILLOPORIDAE; PORITES; PORITES LOBATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 29944444423     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0020-6     Document Type: Article

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