Documenting hurricane impacts on coral reefs using two-dimensional video-mosaic technology

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Gleason, Arthur C R ^a   Lirman, Diego ^a   Williams, Dana ^a,b   Gracias, Nuno R ^c   Gintert, Brooke E ^a   Madjidi, Hossein ^c   Pamela Reid, R ^a   Boynton, G Chris ^d   Negahdaripour, Shahriar ^c   Miller, Margaret ^b   Kramer, Philip ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^d University of Miami   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora palmata; Florida; Hurricane damage; Reef framework damage; Video mosaics

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; HURRICANE DENNIS 2005; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STORM DAMAGE; SURVEY;

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

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34249819351     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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