Comparing environmental influences on coral bleaching across and within species using clustered binomial regression

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 162-174

  Yee, Susan Harrell ^a   Santavy, Deborah L ^a   Barron, Mace G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Environmental variability; Generalised linear models; Light intensity; Model selection; Multiple stressors; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; REEFS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEFS; DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FLORIDA KEYS; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCAL CONDITIONS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SELECTION; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA TEMPERATURES; SPACE AND TIME; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED;

BLEACHING;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIGHT INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUN LIGHT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 50849130215     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.037     Document Type: Article

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