Characterizing coral condition using estimates of three-dimensional colony surface area

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 347-360

  Fisher, William S ^a   Davis, William P ^a   Quarles, Robert L ^a   Patrick, James ^a   Campbell, Jed G ^a   Harris, Peggy S ^a   Hemmer, Becky L ^a   Parsons, Mel ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral colony surface area; Coral condition assessment; Coral monitoring; Coral mortality; Coral reef topographic complexity; Coral size; Coral three dimensional surface area; Florida Keys

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CHARACTERIZATION; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORAL COLONY SURFACE AREA; CORAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT; CORAL MONITORING; CORAL MORTALITY; CORAL REEF TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEFS; CORAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE AREA;

REEFS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLONY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE AREA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34247628041     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9527-8     Document Type: Article

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