Second recorded episode of mass coral bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 543, 2006, Pages 505-523

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a   Brainard, Russell E ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES;

EID: 33749664330     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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