Permanent 'phase shifts' or reversible declines in coral cover? Lack of recovery of two coral reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 103-114

  Rogers, Caroline S ^a   Miller, Jeff ^b  

^a US Geological Survey   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

^b National Park Service   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

Author keywords

Caribbean reefs; Coral diseases; Hurricanes; Monitoring; Overfishing; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HURRICANE; RECOVERY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 32644441322     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306103     Document Type: Article

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