High-sediment tolerance in the reef coral Turbinaria mesenterina from the inner Great Barrier Reef lagoon (Australia)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 748-752

  Sofonia, Jeremy J ^a   Anthony, Kenneth R N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

calcification; Great Barrier Reef; growth rate; lipid; physiological tolerance; scleractinian coral; stress

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LAGOON; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENTATION; TESTING METHOD; TOLERANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; DENDROPHYLLIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; TURBINARIA MESENTERINA;

EID: 44349186156     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.02.025     Document Type: Article

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