Long-term community changes on a high-latitude coral reef in the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-502

  Schleyer, Michael H ^a   Kruger, Alke ^a   Celliers, Louis ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral reefs; Long term monitoring; Marginal high latitude reefs; Recruitment success

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE POLLUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CORAL REEFS; MARGINAL HIGH-LATITUDE REEFS; RECRUITMENT SUCCESS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOFT CORAL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WETLANDS;

AFRICA; GREATER SAINT LUCIA WETLAND PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 40849085138     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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