Damage to the leeward reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles from a rare storm event: Hurricane Lenny, November 1999

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-307

  Bries, Jill M ^a   Debrot, Adolphe O ^b   Meyer, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Hurricanes; Storm damage

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; DISEASE; HURRICANE; STORM DAMAGE; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAIRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CURACAO; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 4043159144     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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