Effects of two sediment types on the fluorescence yield of two Hawaiian scleractinian corals

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-468

  Piniak, Gregory A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Montipora capitata; PAM; Porites lobata; Sediment

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETERS; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

CORAL FRAGMENTS; HAWAIIAN SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; PORITES LOBATA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COLONY; CORAL; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CORAL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAWAII;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; PORITES LOBATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34548019195     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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