Coral bleaching indices and thresholds for the Florida Reef Tract, Bahamas, and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1923-1931

  Manzello, Derek P ^a   Berkelmans, Ray ^b   Hendee, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Coral bleaching threshold; Florida Reef Tract; Lee Stocking Island; SST; St. Croix; Thermal stress indices; US Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRESS;

BAHAMAS; CORAL BLEACHING THRESHOLD; FLORIDA REEF TRACT; LEE STOCKING ISLAND; ST. CROIX; THERMAL STRESS INDICES; US VIRGIN ISLANDS;

REEFS;

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; INDEX METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CORAL; CORAL REEF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAHAMAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEE STOCKING ISLAND; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 36549034797     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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