Survival under chronic stress from sediment load: Spatial patterns of hard coral communities in the southern islands of Singapore

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1340-1354

  Dikou, Angela ^a   van Woesik, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef communities; Recruitment rates; Sediment load; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES; RECRUITMENT RATES; SEDIMENT LOAD;

REEFS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CERAMICS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION; SEDIMENT; SINGAPORE; SOLID; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOPORA; FUNGIIDAE; LEPTASTREA; LEPTOSERIS; MONTIPORA; OXYPORA; PECTINIA; PORITES;

EID: 33750440835     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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