Intermittent upwelling and subsidized growth of the scleractinian coral Madracis mirabilis on the deep fore-reef slope of Discovery Bay, Jamaica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 95-103

  Leichter, James J ^a   Genovese, Salvatore J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral growth; Deep reefs; Internal waves; Madracis mirabilis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; OSCILLATION; REEF; SLOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DISCOVERY BAY; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33746646413     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316095     Document Type: Article

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