The relationship between bleaching and mortality of common corals

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1239-1245

  McClanahan, T R ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; MORTALITY; TRANSECT; WARM WATER;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASTREOPORA; CYPHASTREA; ECHINOPORA; FAVIA; FAVITES; GALAXEA; GONIOPORA; HYDNOPHORA; LEPTORIA; MILLEPORA; MONTIPORA; PAVONA; PLATYGYRA; PORITES;

EID: 3042786545     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1271-9     Document Type: Article

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